Details of civil partnership bill are available

26/06/2008
By ILGA-Europe

Details of the civil partnership bill proposed in Ireland were released on 25th June 2008. The bill gives same-sex couples the same financial and maintenance protection as married couples. It creates a legal relationship for same-sex couples, covering registration of civil partnerships, property and financial matters and dissolution of the partnership.

Full details of the civil partnership bill can be found on the Department of Justice website:

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pag...ral_Scheme_of_Civil_Partnership_Bill

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