Registered partnership is different from being registered together at the same address or making a cohabitation agreement. Entering into a registered partnership is subject to the same formalities as entering into a marriage. It also has much the same consequences.
As with marriage, partners who want to enter into a registered partnership can opt for or deviate from the limited community of property as it applies to marriages entered into after 1 January 2018. You deviate by drawing up partnership conditions.
One of the differences from marriage is that registered partners do not have to go to court for a divorce, unless they have minor children. Registered partners without minor children can dissolve the registered partnership with the help of a notary or lawyer through the registrar of births, marriages and deaths.
Like married couples, registered partners are heirs of the other under the law. For children born during the registered partnership, in heterosexual couples, they are automatically the children of both parents. The same applies to a lesbian couple, provided that an unknown donor was used for the pregnancy. A declaration from the Foundation for Donor Data on Artificial Insemination must then be submitted when the birth is declared.
For more information on entering into or breaking up a registered partnership, please contact us. We will be happy to advise you.
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