Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
PART 15 Cohabitants | ||
Definitions. |
171.— In this Part— | |
“ cohabitant ” has the meaning assigned to it in section 172 ; | ||
“ court ” means the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court; | ||
“ dependent child ”, in relation to a cohabitant or a couple of cohabitants, means any child of whom both the cohabitants are the parents and who is— | ||
(a) under the age of 18 years, or | ||
(b) 18 years of age or over and is— | ||
(i) receiving full-time education or instruction at any university, college, school or other educational establishment and is under the age of 23 years, or | ||
(ii) incapable of taking care of his or her own needs because of a mental or physical disability. |