A Bill to make provision about the property of deceased persons who are survived by a cohabitant.
House of Lords
2 May 2012
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The Inheritance (Cohabitants) Bill would create rules about what happens to a deceased person’s property when they are survived by a cohabiting partner. It aims to protect cohabitants—people who live with their partner but are not married or in a civil partnership—from being left out of the estate under current inheritance rules. The bill is a Lords-only measure that would guide how property is dealt with after death.
The bill completed its first reading in the Lords on 11 January 2012 and is now at the second reading stage in the Lords; no further stages have been reached in the Commons to date.
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11 Jan 2012
First reading took place on 11 January. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
The 2010-12 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
