Your legal rights to provision from the estate of a co-habitant

Legal advice for farmers

It is important for a co-habitant to act promptly to avoid being statute barred, if applying for an order for provision out of the net estate of the deceased. Picture: iStock

Under the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Co-habitants Act 2010, it is now possible for a person who claims to have been in an intimate co-habiting relationship with a deceased person to make an application to the court for financial provision to be made out of the estate of the deceased.

Proceedings can be brought to the High Court or Circuit Court.