civil partnership
Britishnoun
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In September 2024, the Northern Ireland Executive gave approval for the bill to be drafted to raise the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership to 18, and to criminalise the arrangement of under-age marriages and civil partnerships.
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But, the proportion of people married or in a civil partnership living apart is very low at 3%, according to official figures.
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They bonded over the fact they were both fostered and in February 2023 they entered a civil partnership, although Paul's friends told the BBC he "wasn't open about his sexuality" and referred to Albert as his brother.
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Steven Smyrl and Roy Stanley have been together for more than 20 years, and they entered a civil partnership in 2011.
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Roy said that when they entered their civil partnership, it allowed family members to attend - some of whom died before they would marry seven years later.
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