The typical family in the UK is changing, as more opposite-sex couples than ever are choosing to live together without getting married.<\/p>\n
According to research by the ONS, whilst married couple families remain the commonest family type, between 2008 and 2018 the number of cohabiting couples grew faster than the number of married couples.<\/p>\n
The figures show that the overall number of families in the UK has increased by 8% over the last decade, with the number of cohabiting couples increasing by 25.8%.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, since same-sex marriage was introduced in 2014, the number of same-sex couples getting married has steadily increased each year. Same-sex couple families have grown by 50% since 2015 and the number of same-sex married couples has doubled since 2017.<\/p>\n
The data also shows that there are now more people than ever before living alone in the UK.<\/p>\n
Legal protection for cohabiting couples<\/strong><\/p>\n With 3.3 million couples now cohabiting in the UK, there have been calls to review cohabitation laws to keep up with the nation\u2019s changing lifestyle trends. One way that those cohabiting can gain some financial protection and security is by creating a cohabitation agreement.<\/p>\n A cohabitation agreement can be used to agree details about financial commitments and assets both whilst living together and in the event of a separation. The kinds of things that may be included in an agreement include who owns what assets, who is to pay what towards bills and living expenses, and in the event of a separation, where children would live, how property would be divided, and how debt would be split.<\/p>\n For help and advice with a cohabitation dispute or creating a cohabitation agreement, get in touch with our team of specialists here at Lund Bennett Law by giving us a call on 0161 927 3118.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The typical family in the UK is changing, as more opposite-sex couples than ever are choosing to live together without getting married. According to research by the ONS, whilst married couple families remain the commonest family type, between 2008 and 2018 the number of cohabiting couples grew faster than the number of married couples. The… Read More »Unmarried cohabiting couples are the UK\u2019s fastest growing family type<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,277,162,10,175,302],"tags":[114,169,42,11,9,19,303],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cohabitation","category-cohabitation-agreement","category-cohabiting-couples","category-family-law","category-lund-bennett","category-unmarried","tag-cohabiting-couples","tag-family-law","tag-family-law-lawyers-altrincham","tag-family-solicitor","tag-lund-bennett","tag-lund-bennett-law","tag-unmarried"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nCurrently, cohabiting couples do not have the same legal protection as married couples. With over half of cohabiting couples owning property and financial assets together, it\u2019s important that they seek legal protection.<\/p>\n