Informal civil partnership

Informal civil partnership is the union of two same-sex persons forming a family, who have not entered into a civil partnership before the competent authority

Informal civil partnership is the union of two same-sex persons forming a family, who have not entered into a civil partnership before the competent authority, provided that the union has existed for at least three years and has met the prescribed requirements for the validity of a civil partnership from the beginning.

Legal effects of an informal civil partnership

An informal civil partnership which meets the requirements prescribed by law has personal and financial implications to which the provisions of the Civil Partnership Act apply accordingly in the area of personal rights, relations related to children and property rights of civil partners.
 
In the area of inheritance, tax system, pension system, social welfare system, mandatory health insurance and health care, employment rights and obligations, access to public and market services and the public legal position, informal civil partnerships produce the same effects as those recognised for consensual unions in special regulations governing these areas.
 
The existence of an informal civil partnership is proven in the same manner and under the same conditions as a consensual union. In case of a dispute between the partners, the existence of an informal civil partnership is proven before the competent court.