Cohabitation Agreements For Unmarried Couples

Many couples choose to enjoy a relationship without the legal bond of marriage, and spend any number of years living together in property that is either jointly owned or owned in the name of one of the parties, often for reasons such as the lack of Jersey housing qualifications.

It is the largest financial obligation they are ever likely to enter into and the process can take an enormous amount of thought, saving, organisation, and stress to achieve. With all the effort and planning, people rarely consider what the terms of their financial arrangements will be nor how their financial arrangements would be dealt with if the relationship fails and the dream home becomes the centre of their nightmare. Rarely will anyone mention cohabitation agreements when embarking on moving in together, which should be a primary consideration in view of the fact that there is no basis in law for what is generally referred to as a "common law spouse".