Co-habitees have very limited rights when a relationship breaks down. There is no right to claim maintenance from the other party for yourself, there is no basis upon which the court can make a pension sharing order and if a property which has been treated as a home by both parties is only owned in the sole name of one party, then there are only limited circumstances in which you may be able to obtain an interest in that property.

If you own property jointly then it will be necessary to sort out what is going to happen to the property, can one of the parties take on the existing mortgage and effectively buy out the other parties interest, or will the property need to be sold.

Maddersons can advise on all aspects of co-habitee disputes and property disputes and advise you on what rights you may or may not have.