How to Make a Living Together Agreement
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If you are moving in or living with your partner and aren’t married, it is a really good idea to make a Living Together Agreement. This explains why having a Living Together Agreement is a brilliant way to protect yourself and your partner, and takes you step-by-step through the process.
What is a Living Together Agreement?
A Living Together Agreement (or Cohabitation Agreement as it is sometimes called) is simply a record of what you have agreed about how you will own and share things. It encourages you to think about easy and fair ways to organise your day-to-day finances and ensures that if your relationship ended, neither of you would lose out financially – unless that is what you had agreed. All couples who live together would benefit from making one.
An agreement that sets out what would happen if you did split up isn’t an admission that you think you will, any more than taking out building insurance means that you think your house will fall down. In fact, it can strengthen y...
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