Under the plans, people who live together outside marriage should be able to claim lump sums, a share of property including the family home, regular maintenance payments or a share of their partner's pension when they split up.
There's a bit of a dilemma about it. On the one hand some may decry the 'parity' with marriage. On the other hand, it's actually parity with divorce and that's a bit awkward because the NT is pretty hostile to divorce. Me; I tend to think that it' a case of justice. If people are going to split up then the contribution of each to home, family and the consequences of different career choices should be recognised... It would be better if we had stable and lifelong partnerships whether state-registered or not, but in as far as we don't and culturally it seems a bit of a lottery as to whether people think they should marry formally or just live together ...
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