{"id":73141,"date":"2012-09-20T21:11:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-cohabiting-parents-can-avoid-the-legal-uncertainties\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T00:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:04:00","slug":"how-cohabiting-parents-can-avoid-the-legal-uncertainties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-cohabiting-parents-can-avoid-the-legal-uncertainties\/","title":{"rendered":"How cohabiting parents can avoid the legal uncertainties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDespite cohabiting couples being as likely to have children as those who marry, they are still not afforded the same rights should they seperate or dieFor the first time the proportion of parents who are cohabiting is equal to that of married couples, according to a report commissioned by Co-operative Legal Services.Based on analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics and consumer research, the report shows that over the past decade the number of cohabiting couples with children in the UK has increased by 34% and roughly equals the proportion of married couples with dependent children. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2012\/sep\/20\/cohabiting-parents-avoid-legal-uncertainties\" target=\"_blank\">How cohabiting parents can avoid the legal uncertainties<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Despite cohabiting couples being as likely to have children as those who marry, they are&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-j1H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43367,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-cohabiting-couples-can-to-do-put-their-financial-house-in-order\/","url_meta":{"origin":73141,"position":0},"title":"What cohabiting couples can to do put their financial house in order","date":"March 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Couples living together have few legal rights if they split up, but they can take steps to protect themselvesThere are more than six million cohabiting couples in the UK \u2013 twice the number 20 years ago \u2013 and half have no idea that they have no legal protections if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43365,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-you-need-is-love-not-when-youre-cohabiting-and-the-relationship-is-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":73141,"position":1},"title":"All you need is love? 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But there are ways you can ensure that a split is equitableA supreme court ruling last week in favour of two divorced women whose former husbands misled judges about how much they were worth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26834,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-a-cohabitation-agreement-is-essential-for-non-married-couples\/","url_meta":{"origin":73141,"position":2},"title":"Why a\u00a0cohabitation agreement is essential for non-married couples","date":"March 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Unmarried couples have no legal rights if they separate \u2013 so without an agreement, one of them could be left with nothingA sharp increase in the number of cohabiting couples over the past 15 years or so has led to a rise in complex and often costly legal disputes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37434,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-we-divorce-to-avoid-the-higher-stamp-duty-on-second-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":73141,"position":3},"title":"Can we divorce to avoid the higher stamp duty on second homes?","date":"December 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I own a property but my husband does not, so if we got a divorce and he bought the property we think we could save thousandsQ I was wondering if, under the new stamp duty laws for second properties, it would be worthwhile considering a divorce before purchasing? 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