12 articles on cohabitation and Cohabitation Awareness Week
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Get in ContactLast updated: 8 June 2026 In short: cohabiting couples do not automatically...
Property rights for unmarried couples
Published on 8th Jun 2026 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
The marriage rate in the UK is now the lowest since records...
A vision for family justice: provision of basic rights for cohabiting couples upon relationship breakdown
Published on 23rd Nov 2023 by: Gemma Hope
As part of Resolution's Cohabitation Awareness Week, we have asked Katherine Miller...
Unmarried couples – What happens if one partner dies when there is no Will in place?
Published on 27th Nov 2019 by: Guest Blogger
If you are not married and your relationship has broken down there...
Financial rights for unmarried parents
Published on 23rd Nov 2019 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
Resolution was founded in 1982 by a group of family lawyers who...
Resolution’s Cohabitation Awareness Week 2019
Published on 23rd Nov 2019 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
In this blog Chris Maulkin highlights two different scenarios of couples separating,...
Separation/Divorce Case Studies: Unmarried vs Married
Published on 23rd Nov 2019 by: Christopher Maulkin
Nearly half (46%) of adults in England and Wales mistakenly believe that...
No such thing as common law marriage
Published on 23rd Nov 2019 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
Statistics show that the number of couples who are choosing to live...
Cohabiting couples and property rights
Published on 30th Nov 2017 by: Christopher Maulkin
47.6% of children born in the UK in 2016 were born outside...
Unmarried parents – legal rights (Part two)
Published on 29th Nov 2017 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
47.6% of children born in the UK in 2016 were born outside...
Unmarried parents – legal rights (Part one)
Published on 28th Nov 2017 by: Lisa Burton-Durham