However, when it comes to matters relating to the custody and maintenance of children, the courts always have the final say. If ever a court is asked to make a decision on a custody or child welfare issue, it might agree with the terms you included in your agreement, but it might as well reject them and impose its own judgment. Property acquired in common: If a couple buys property in common, but only one partner is mentioned in the agreement (normally the case where the other partner has a mortgage, debt, or other extenuating circumstances that make it less likely that they will be approved by a lender), then a concubine agreement can be used to account for their respective economic property. as well as the share of the property to which each partner is entitled. Note that in co-owners, both partners have the legal right to stay in the property when the relationship ends – what exactly happens to the property must be decided between them. Any unmarried couple who live together can benefit from a concubine agreement. As early as 2007, the Legal Commission issued a report recommending that the law be amended, as it concerns the ownership and finances of roommates when their relationship ends, whether by separation or death, in order to provide better protection. In 2011, the government announced that it was not forwarding the Commission`s proposals. Given the current state of BRITISH law, what can a couple do if they do not want to get married or enter into a life partnership, but make financial arrangements in the event of a break-up of their relationship? The solution is to enter into a concubine agreement. Therefore, the only way to obtain legal protection against the failure of cohabitation, with the exception of marriage or the establishment of a life partnership, is the establishment of a concubine`s contract. A concubine agreement may also cover other agreements, for example. B as children are helped after a separation and how things like bank accounts and debts, management accounts, cars and other common vehicles and even pet maintenance at the end of the relationship are managed…