Unmarried Couples
Joint Debts When an Unmarried Couple Splits
There is no family-court division of debt for unmarried partners. Whatever the two of you agree between yourselves, the lender can still…
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Rights of unmarried partners, paternity, and children born outside marriage in Singapore.
Unmarried Couples
CPF Nominations for Cohabiting Couples
CPF savings pass by nomination, not by will. For a cohabiting couple that means an unmarried partner gets nothing without a nomination,…
Unmarried Couples
What an Unmarried Partner Inherits: Nothing Without a Will
The law gives a cohabiting partner no share of a deceased partner's estate. A will, CPF nomination, survivorship and an LPA are…
Unmarried Couples
An Unmarried Father’s Rights in Singapore
For an unmarried father, establishing paternity is the gateway to everything else: custody, care and control, access, and the duty to maintain.…
Unmarried Couples
Buying Property With a Partner You Are Not Married To
The HDB reality first, then the decisions that actually matter for unmarried buyers: how you hold the property, recording who paid what,…
Unmarried Couples
Pregnant and Not Married: Your Legal Position
What the law actually says about a pregnancy outside marriage in Singapore: the child's rights, registering the birth, paternity, citizenship and where…
Unmarried Couples
Ending a Cohabiting Relationship: A Practical Guide
What actually needs doing when unmarried partners split up in Singapore: property, joint debts, children, and the documents nobody remembers to change.
Unmarried Couples
Legal Planning for Same-Sex Couples in Singapore
What the law in Singapore currently provides for same-sex partners, and the private arrangements that carry the weight instead.
Unmarried Couples
Cohabitation Agreements in Singapore
What goes into a cohabitation agreement, why it is a contract rather than a family law document, and the one thing it…
Unmarried Couples
Property Owned With an Unmarried Partner
Why the name on the title dominates, when a trust claim can succeed, and what happens to a shared home on a…