Legal details of the Czech registered partnership law
20/03/2006
Submitted by
Gay and Lesbian League
What the Czech Registered Partnership Act contains:
The partnership registration takes place in the presence of an employee of the Registry Office and it is the Registry Office that decides which premises should be used for this act. Each of the fourteen regions of the Czech Republic will have only one such office.
The conditions for entering a partnership are as follows: the partners must be at least 18 years of age, legally competent and single (i.e. neither registered nor married). At least one of the partners must have Czech citizenship. The partners must not be next of kin in the direct line or siblings.
The partnership can be dissolved by court decision only.
Partners become "close persons" according to the Civil Code and can act on behalf of each other in common affairs. They have mutual duty to maintain and support.
Surviving partner automatically belongs to the first inheritance group.
The partners are commonly assessed for the purposes of social support and subsistence minimum legislation.
They can participate in each other's business activities but are not allowed to employ one another.
They are entitled to refuse to give testimony should this endanger the other partner (applies to petty offences, penal offences, tax and duty administration).
The partners are entitled to select a counsel for each other, as well as to appeal from the judgement in favour of the sentenced partner.
A partner is entitled to use his/her partner's rented apartment for the duration of the partnership and in certain circumstances can inherit the right to be a tenant after the partner’s death.
The marital status (like in the case of marriages) must be stated in the person’s ID card.
A partner who applies for a job at the Labour Office has the right to refuse a particular job offer based on the job character or place of employment of his/her partner.
What the law does not contain:
- estate by entirety
- common or double surname
- impact on citizenship, residence or work permit acquisition
- survivor's pensions
- advantages stemming from income tax law (e.g. joint taxation)
- financial compensation in case of partner's death
- adoption of children
The partnership registration takes place in the presence of an employee of the Registry Office and it is the Registry Office that decides which premises should be used for this act. Each of the fourteen regions of the Czech Republic will have only one such office.
The conditions for entering a partnership are as follows: the partners must be at least 18 years of age, legally competent and single (i.e. neither registered nor married). At least one of the partners must have Czech citizenship. The partners must not be next of kin in the direct line or siblings.
The partnership can be dissolved by court decision only.
Partners become "close persons" according to the Civil Code and can act on behalf of each other in common affairs. They have mutual duty to maintain and support.
Surviving partner automatically belongs to the first inheritance group.
The partners are commonly assessed for the purposes of social support and subsistence minimum legislation.
They can participate in each other's business activities but are not allowed to employ one another.
They are entitled to refuse to give testimony should this endanger the other partner (applies to petty offences, penal offences, tax and duty administration).
The partners are entitled to select a counsel for each other, as well as to appeal from the judgement in favour of the sentenced partner.
A partner is entitled to use his/her partner's rented apartment for the duration of the partnership and in certain circumstances can inherit the right to be a tenant after the partner’s death.
The marital status (like in the case of marriages) must be stated in the person’s ID card.
A partner who applies for a job at the Labour Office has the right to refuse a particular job offer based on the job character or place of employment of his/her partner.
What the law does not contain:
- estate by entirety
- common or double surname
- impact on citizenship, residence or work permit acquisition
- survivor's pensions
- advantages stemming from income tax law (e.g. joint taxation)
- financial compensation in case of partner's death
- adoption of children
