CCM15032 - Undisclosed Partners: List of Prohibited Relationships - Civil Partners
The law in the United Kingdom prohibits certain blood relatives, step relatives and relatives by civil partnership from forming a civil partnership. The legislation in Scotland is slightly different from the legislation that applies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland someone cannot form a civil partnership with their:
- parent
- adopted parent
- former adoptive parent
- child
- adoptive child
- former adoptive child
- grandparent
- grandchild
- brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister
- parent’s brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister
- niece or nephew
Additionally, someone cannot form a civil partnership with the:
- Child of former civil partner
- Child of former spouse
- Former civil partner of grandparent
- Former civil partner of parent
- Former spouse of grandparent
- Former spouse of parent
- Grandchild of former civil partner
- Grandchild of former spouse
If:
- either of them is aged less than 21, or
- the younger person had, before reaching age 18:
- lived in the same household as the older person, and/or
- been treated as a child of the older person’s family, or
Additionally, someone cannot form a civil partnership with the:
- Child of former civil partner
- Child of former spouse
- Former civil partner of parent
- Former spouse of parent
If:
- either person involved is aged less than 21, and/or
- any person originally involved in creating the relationship is still alive, for example we do not consider LTACP if a woman lives in the same household as her daughter-in-law and the woman’s son or husband is still alive.
In Scotland someone cannot form a civil partnership with their:
- parent
- adopted parent
- former adoptive parent
- child
- adoptive child
- former adoptive child
- grandparent
- grandchild
- brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister
- parent’s brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister
- niece or nephew
Additionally, someone cannot form a civil partnership with the:
- Child of former civil partner
- Child of former spouse
- Former civil partner of grandparent
- Former civil partner of parent
- Former spouse of grandparent
- Former spouse of parent
- Grandchild of former civil partner
- Grandchild of former spouse