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Only 91 de facto couples have registered in Marbella since the law allowed them to do so


During the year 2002, the Government of Andalusia was a new law for the “de facto” literally means “de facto couples,” to formalize their union under the law without actually getting married in a church or civil status. At the time, this as a step forward in the legislation to grant the same rights to common-law couples as married couples, officially, but since then the Junta de Andalucía, the law has been largely ignored by the citizens they are supposed to help. In Marbella, to the extent that the law Effective seven years ago, only 91 common law couples have registered as such, according to figures released recently by the delegation for Gender Equality and Social Affairs of the Junta de Andalucía.

So far, the number of same-sex couples have the advantage of the new legislation has not exceeded more than five hours each year in Marbella, with two so far this year. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, which is a pair (regardless of sex) should be recorded in a residence in a municipality for the couple formally enrolled in a “pareja de hecho”. The delegation for gender equality and social well-being in the “Junta de Andalucía has been responsible for managing the new law since 2005, the recovery of this mission by the delegation of justice and public administration . As in the case of Marbella, but registration as a couple may, at any City Hall in Andalusia.

Despite the fact that 91 2002, the sources de la Junta de Andalucía, Marbella and the City Council to say that its future is uncertain, a law, given the fact that it was in the past Andalusian Parliament widely regarded as a means of supporting homosexual couples could formalize their situation, while in the meantime, in July 2005, same-sex marriage was legalized in Spain. This underscores the law in the region of Andalusia somewhat redundant, and no doubt explains the low number of same-sex couples will use it. Only 16 same-sex couples as, de facto, in Marbella, since the 2002 Act came into force, and, instead of increasing the number has declined over the past year, with only two so far this year.

Economic issues

One of the central questions that are the subject of the new law is the creation of an economic agreement between the couple in question, formalizing their joint of the economy, while the unions and when it ends. As in a normal marriage that all aspects of the couple, is taken into account the financial situation, as this is particularly important in the case of a break-up.

The impact of separation is minimal officially registered in the fact couples, we are sure, the sources consulted. Statistics show that since 2002, only five out of 91 couples have registered since de-registered. The law determines that an association officially registered this type can only be broken by the death of one of its partners, by mutual agreement by the desire of one partner or to separate the effective end of unions, even if a one-year period only must happen before the latter due to the dissolution of the Union was officially recognized.

All over Andalusia, we said, sources within the Junta de Andalucía, the most common cause of the separation of couples fact, the request of either party to put an end to both the economy, housing or taxation. If such a unit ends, the law obliges the couple officially disband, as a means of preventing fraud possible.

Facts and figures

Some couples registered

Recorded in 2003: 33

2004: 23

2005 (the date when the law on same-sex marriages entered into force on July 3, 2005): 18

2006: 10

2007: 7

Total: 91

Gay Marriages

2005: Five (four for men and between women).

2006: Five (three men and two women).

2007: Four (three men and one woman).

2008: So far, two (between men and between women).



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