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Preserving multi-generational family wealth on death and divorce
Abby Buckland
Civil partnerships for gay couples came into force in 2005 and since then, we have prepared a high number of pre-civil partnership agreements ("pre-cips") on behalf of clients.
Although gay marriage has since come into force in 2014 and those thinking of marriage are now seeking prenuptial agreements, some clients are still choosing to enter into civil partnerships and seek an agreement to resolve the financial arrangements in the event of a relationship breakdown and dissolution of the civil partnership.
The financial outcomes on the dissolution of a civil partnership, follow the same law as those going through a divorce and accordingly the law in relation to enforceability of a pre-cip follows the law in relation to prenuptial agreements.
In summary, provided that each of the couple have freely entered into the agreement with a full appreciation of its implications, and unless it would not be fair to hold the parties to the agreement the pre-cip is likely to be upheld.
For a full explanation see our page on frequently asked questions on prenuptial agreements.
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