Petition Extend legal rights and obligations of married people to cohabiting partners

Unmarried cohabiting partners should have the same legal rights and obligations as a married couple once they have been together for five or more years. Society has changed with many men and women not wanting to be married. We need to keep up with the way things are currently.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

49 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 49 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 29 April 2021
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