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Former civil partner definition

What does Former civil partner mean? A former civil partner is a person whose civil partnership has been legally ended by dissolution or annulment. The expression is used across family, pensions and tax practice, and appears in legislation (including the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and pensions statutes), rather than being confined to a single, standalone statutory definition. In practice, the status is most significant for financial provision and pensions on dissolution. In England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a former civil partner may receive pension credit rights pursuant to a pension sharing order (including an order made by consent) or an agreement embodied in...

Family provision claims: applicant-specific section 3 factors (spouses, cohabitants, children and dependants) under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

Under section 3 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (I(PFD)A 1975), the court is required to consider certain matters in every case, see Practice Note: Family provision claims—matters to which the court must have regard.

There are further considerations that apply only to particular categories of claimant, and it is these specific issues that are examined in this Practice Note in detail here.

Surviving spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner (not remarried/formed a new civil partnership)

For an application brought by a spouse or civil partner, or a former spouse or Former civil partner who has not entered into a subsequent marriage or civil partnership, the court will, in addition, take into account:

the applicant’s age in years
the length of the marriage or civil partnership
the applicant’s contribution to the welfare of the deceased’s family, including managing the home, supervising domestic life, or providing direct care for the family
for a spouse/civil partner, what they might reasonably have expected to obtain if the relationship had ended on the date of death by reason of divorce or a Dissolution order rather than death (but only where no separation order was in force and...

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