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A free union is a relationship with a couple, who lives in the same place and does everything virtually as a marriage,

but the difference is that they save a considerable amount of money on paperwork and other issues. Now it has various names, but the fact is that many people, usually young, are adopting this lifestyle. So it's a relationship illegal or improper? No, the union is in fact completely legal. You are not committing a crime, as many think; it also is backed by law. Almost nobody knows it, but after two years of being together with your partner, you adopt a legal category, which forces you to certain marital obligations

- And what are those rights and obligations in a free union?

Well, the free union has some important effects First, it gives rise to a real legal society. another issue is that if one member of the union dies , and him or her did not left a will, the survivor has the same legal rights to inheritance as in a marriage . Likewise they entitled to child benefit and other established social benefits for spouses. So is the same to be married than to be in a free union? Legally no. But in the end is just the name of the relationship, because everything is governed as a legal marriage. Moreover, the law clarifies that the remainder, which is not mentioned in the law on domestic partnerships are governed by the same rules relating to formal marriage.

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