COFOLA 2021. Conference for Young Lawyers, part 2
KapitolaThe Missing Concept of Cohabitation of the Couples of the Opposite-Sex in de facto Unions in the Czech Civil Code
Rok vydání: 2021https://doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9981-2021-4
Abstrakt
The paper deals with couples in de facto unions, especially the ones formed by a man and a woman. It seeks to define cohabitation and differentiate the rights and duties of cohabitees from the ones connected with the status relations between both the opposite-sex couples (marriage) and the same-sex couples (registered partnership). As there are seldom any kinds of agreements between cohabitees, special attention is devoted to the relevant legal rules in all the Books of the Czech Civil Code and their applicability to cohabitees during their relationship and after the break-up or upon the death of one of them. It is stressed that there is no difference between children born out of wedlock and within marriage. Once parenthood is legally established, there is no discrimination of non-married mothers and non-married fathers towards the children. And besides, there are special provisions that protect the weaker party: property claims of the non-married mother from the child´s father for a reasonable time and within adequate limits.
Klíčová slova
Couples; Man and Woman; de facto Unions; Rights and Duties; Differences; Marriage; Registered Partnership; Agreement; Weaker Party; a Child Born out of Wedlock; Parenthood; Protection.
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