common law is a ass

hansol211 | 22:05 Sun 28th Sep 2008 | Civil

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common law is a ass there should be some sort of law stateing the partner has some rights may be not to the house but to the contents of the place . i have been liveing with my partner for 8 years and payed for up keep and helped pay for and do things to the house and your saying im going to have to leave with only the shurt on my back after 8 years some things wrong here its not right . if i leave can i get the courts to give me half the contents of the house .

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Ethel

You are not making a lot of sense - we are not psychic.

Am I to assume you lived in your ex's house for 8 years, rent free, you've now split up and want a pay off?

hansol211

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no not rent free i have been giving her housekeeping every week this is to cover half the bills and food that was agreed when i moved in .

hansol211

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we have not split yet but its getting there i looking to move out as soon as i have a place to go to.

redcrx

half the mortgage? or half the living expenses?

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jno

did you supply the contents you now want to share? If so you may have some rights to them.

Ethel

So you've been paying for half the food, which you would have eaten wherever you lived, and half the bills which would have had to be paid wherever you lived.

Lodgers pay that, and more, but don't expect to leave with a pay off.

hansol211

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im not a lodger i live here for now anyway and don't want a pay off i just think that after 8 years i should have something the law needs to change if you live with someone for a long time you should have the rights as a married person after all now gays that ender a civil relationship have the same rights as a married person so why can't i ????

Ethel

Because you haven't bothered to get married.

If two gay men live together and don't enter a civil partnership, they are in exactly the same position as you are now.

If you wanted the same rights as a married couple, you should have got married.

loonytunes

Agree with Ethel. Marriage is there for a reason - it sorts out much contractual angst.

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