Closest thing to "civil partnership" for couple who are not same-sex.

pigpen

creased-leach wrote: »

there are still elements that remain the norm in a majority of cases; changing the woman's surname etc. .

As a recent thread showed in SOME circles this is the norm.. in many others it is not and it is an option, as is making a double-barrel surname.. it is not compulsory. Some occupations, such as medicine ban you from practising under anything other than your birth name. It is increasingly common amongst the younger generation to keep their maiden name upon marriage and in some countries there isn't even the option to change it at all!

It is wholly feasible that a couple could waltz off into the sunset just the 2, get married with 2 unknown witnesses and no one would ever know! .. That is what I would do if it was up to me the thought of the fuss really puts me off.

None of the pomp and ceremony are necessary if all you want is legal protection.

Torry_Quine

pigpen wrote: »

As a recent thread showed in SOME circles this is the norm.. in many others it is not and it is an option, as is making a double-barrel surname.. it is not compulsory. Some occupations, such as medicine ban you from practising under anything other than your birth name. It is increasingly common amongst the younger generation to keep their maiden name upon marriage and in some countries there isn't even the option to change it at all!

It is wholly feasible that a couple could waltz off into the sunset just the 2, get married with 2 unknown witnesses and no one would ever know! .. That is what I would do if it was up to me the thought of the fuss really puts me off.

None of the pomp and ceremony are necessary if all you want is legal protection.

No true, I know several married women who practise as doctors under their married name.

Georgiegirl256

pigpen wrote: »

. Some occupations, such as medicine ban you from practising under anything other than your birth name.

That can't be true. I know of quite a few doctors who practise under their married name.

System

I'm guessing that it may be more a case that they have to practice in the name that their qualification is in

From GMC

Your registered name

This is your full name as it appears in the Medical Register. Generally speaking, it will be the name that appears on your primary medical qualification certificate. If you wish to be registered under a different name, you will need to provide us with acceptable evidence of a change of name, such as a marriage certificate or old and new passports.

So probably easier to keep that than change everything on marriage

Georgiegirl256

!!!!!! wrote: »

I'm guessing that it may be more a case that they have to practice in the name that their qualification is in

From GMC
So probably easier to keep that than change everything on marriage

I still don't think that's correct. A couple of doctors at our surgery changed their name upon marriage and are now practising under that name.

Eta: I see you've now added extra info! I thought that was the case. As in anything where you change your name when married all you have to do is send off your marriage certificate.

Person_one

creased-leach wrote: »

We've lived together for years, neither of us wants to be associated with the 'cultural baggage' of marriage; that means we have no means of gaining the legal/ financial rights of people who wed.

It doesn't mean that at all, it means you have chosen not to avail yourselves of those legal rights even though you are free to. It seems a tad petulant to be honest, when same sex couples were genuinely, truly denied those rights until so recently, to complain that you just don't like the title!

Marriage these days is good for women, its a completely different beast than the patriarchal institution it was, its mostly gender neutral, certainly on the important stuff.

pigpen

My sister is a barrister and was told she could only practice under the name on her qualification and was informed this was the case for drs too.. a couple of pharmacist friends were also told the same and a friend who is about to qualify as a dr this year.

HanSpan

TonyMMM wrote: »

Or it may lead to equality being restored by civil partnerships being withdrawn for everyone ....

I certainly hope not

Georgiegirl256

Looks like they were misinformed then

HanSpan

Person_one wrote: »

I can't see any reason why we need two names for the same thing.

It would make more sense to iron out the final few remaining (minor) problems with marriage and just get rid of CPs.

Then we can just look back on them as a bad memory of a time when we as a country couldn't quite bring ourselves to treat same sex couples equally.

If you look at other countries there are many that have two options, and many many different sex couples that use the equivalent of the civil partnership where it is allowed.