Gay couple with civil contract - dependancy on E121 or E108 as was

[Tony F Dordogne]

Hi folks

Gay couple, went through civil ceremony in the Uk a few years ago thinking of moving to France.  One is several years older than the other.

Does anybody know for sure wether the dependancy rules for E forms applies to gay couples who are civil partners?

[Sunday Driver]

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 gives same sex couples the same rights as married couples.  The Act introduced amendments to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act amending references to spouses to include 'or civil partner'.

 

 

 

[Tony F Dordogne]

Understand that SD but the real question I think is whether the French authorities will issue a CV/attestation with a same gender partner as the benificiary.

[Sunday Driver]

Same gender civil partnerships are recognised in French law under article 515-1 of the code civil which defines a pacte civil de solidarity as "un contrat conclu par deux personnes physiques majeures, de sexe different ou de meme sexe, pour organiser leur vie commune".

As regards assurance maladie, PACS partners enjoy full 'ayant droit' rights under the code de la sécurité sociale (article L161-14) and there is no qualification within the code which excludes same gender civil partners from benefitting from those rights. On that basis, there would be no reason for the French authorities not to issue a CV/attestation with a same gender partner as the beneficiary.

 

[Tony F Dordogne]

Ta SD, I shall pass that information along to my cousin!