Cohabitation agreements

While you may not wish to incur extra stress when moving in with your partner, it is essential that you take measures to protect your assets and contributions to a property purchase if you are unmarried. Signing a cohabitation agreement will establish how you separate rent/mortgage and bills and divide shared assets such as property and bank accounts, ensuring  if you separate.

A court will uphold a cohabitation agreement, providing it is correctly drafted and fair. Therefore, receiving the best legal advice to ensure your cohabitation agreement is correctly prepared will mean your finances and assets are securely protected.

At Owen White Catlin, we believe cohabitation agreements can strengthen relationships by allowing an implicit level of security surrounding valuable assets. We have vast experience providing the necessary framework for our clients to move forward confidently with their relationships should anything happen in the future.

Our solicitors are practical and will ensure your intentions are accurately reflected. We will remove the burden of stress that moving into a property with your partner can cause by providing carefully tailored cohabitation agreements whilst recognising that such agreements can feel alien to some people when choosing to live together.

Any disputes concerning cohabitation agreements are usually resolved outside of court, given that they are negotiated by couples together. We are members of Resolution and, as part of our commitment to helping clients resolve financial disputes without conflict, we encourage less confrontational routes to resolution than the court can provide.

Alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, will be considered and offers a quicker, more cost-effective and constructive way of agreeing arrangements for the future, which can be particularly helpful where children are involved. We offer mediation and our mediators are registered with both Resolution and the Family Mediation Council.

We pride ourselves on being transparent and clear on our fees which means you’ll know exactly what your costs will be.

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