What Your Cohabitation Agreement Covers

A statement containing the purpose of the contract
Your full names, addresses and ages with a disclosure of your financial position and your current state of health.
Duration - how long you want the agreement to last for << more >>
Property - how you intend to deal with the property you owned before the relationship and property you acquire during the relationship << more >>
Income/expenses - whether you will pool your income into a joint account, or keep separate accounts, whether either of you will support the other if she or he gives up work and for how long << more >>
Children - whether or not you plan to have any, how you want them to be educated etc
Inheritance and Wills - what you plan to leave to each other. Bear in mind that marriage will make void any will you already have so you'll need to make a new one after tying the knot << more >>
Changes - what happens if either of you wants to change the contract or if you separate << more >>
Extras - because a cohabitation contract is a relatively informal document, you can customise it to your own requirements - and some couples include in it their plans for holidays (who chooses where to go) and how they will go about sharing maintenance and the housework << more >>