I lived with my boyfriend for two years in my circle of a relative’s home, which belongs to me, and is on the family farm.
My father, who’s nevertheless alive, transferred the farm and his own family to me.
He has a proper place to be maintained off the land, and also lives with us.
I am the sole employee on the farm, my boyfriend has been unemployed for numerous years, and I have been helping both my fathers and my boyfriend because he ended his task.
He has in no way contributed financially to the farm.
He has always threatened that in the event of a breakdown in our dating, every time we go through a terrible patch, he’ll take my home or the farm, and currently, I fear things are going that way.
What is the location if we had broken up?
Dear Reader,
I am sorry to hear this.
It is an authentic challenge for humans these days, and you no longer ought to be married, to any extent, for an ex-associate to have rights over your property, etc.
As people tend to wait until they are older to get married, more and more are cohabiting. Therefore, it is sensible for people with valuable belongings to attain a pre-nuptial settlement before getting married. However, only a few human beings enter into one, and they may nevertheless not be legally regarded in Ireland, even if you place an agreement in the region.
Living together is a gray area. Often, human beings enter into cohabitation without the same amount of attention to the capabilities as in marriage.
To protect their own family farm and their livelihood, cohabiting farmers should know what can occur if the courtship breaks down.
The rights of cohabiting couples are set out in The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.
Section 172(five) confirms that a cohabiting couple needs to have lived collectively in a devoted and intimate relationship for 5 years or two years if they have children together.
The individual seeking to have rights recognized has to be financially dependent on the other character.
The courtroom should take many elements into account, such as the financial circumstances of the cohabitants, the duration, and degree of dedication of the connection, contributions (financial or otherwise) by the cohabitants to the connection, and the conduct of the cohabitants, in selecting the rights and responsibilities of cohabitants.
In this situation, you no longer mention whether you and your boyfriend have kids together. If you no longer, your boyfriend does not satisfy the definition of a certified cohabitant, which means he might not be entitled to the various financial reliefs under the legislation because you are not living together for five years.
It might be prudent, if the relationship breaks down, you deliver an in-depth history of the relationship to a solicitor, and they can propose to you in detail.
If you and your boyfriend stay together in a devoted and intimate relationship for 5 years, he will, in reality, grow to be a qualified cohabitant and could be entitled no less than to apply for various reliefs through the courts, along with assets adjustment orders, and can order the sale of assets, payment of lump sums, and many others.
