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title: "Civil Partnership"
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date: 2023-04-27
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# Civil Partnership

## What is a Civil Partnership

### A civil partnership is a legal relationship which can be registered by two people who are not related to each other. They are available to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.

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Registering a civil partnership will give your relationship legal recognition. This will give you added legal rights and responsibilities.

Once you have registered a civil partnership, it can only be ended if one of you dies, or by applying to court to bring the partnership legally to an end.

As is the case with a marriage you cannot apply to bring a civil partnership to an end until it has lasted for at least one year.

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