MistressDREAD
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In 1991 the Netherlands created a new contract for registered partnerships. Any person within the Netherlands, whether same-sex or different-sex, or more then one partner partnerships may enter into a registered partnership of anykind, and it will assure them almost all the same benefits and obligations that apply to married couples. Similarly, in 1998, France created the pactes civils de solidarité (PaCS), a contract that allows both different-sex and same-sex couples or more then two people partnerships to pledge mutual support without going through the formalities of marriage legally. There are cases in 11 other countrys pending currently including the US which are following simalar contracts and laws. One need not be of these countrys to sign and register a contract of such in that country and have the contract legal and binding. This is the first of information I will be giving on the issue of contracts with in the Lifestyle and how One goes about making such a legally binding paper if serious about long term contracts of concensual partners in Alternate Living. In the US of course We have seen the new laws going in effect about same sex marraige and this will bring in course other ways of co habitation laws and contract and their values.Living together triggers more regulation, under which the state recognizes a sort of contract between the two or more cohabiting people. If one partner makes a promise to the other to convince him to live with them, courts will enforce the promise. If co habitants agree to share duties, so that one cares for the household and the other furthers a career, the court will make sure the careerist is not unjustly enriched when and if the people split up. (The famous California palimony case, Marvin v. Marvin, reflects this kind of regulation; many states and countries provide these protections by statute and contract currently.Cohabitation ("Unitive" Rules). If cohabiting partners are together for a long period of time or agree in writing, the state can apply "unitive" rules to them. Such rules treat the partners as a unity (what the French call vie commune) and grant them financial and other benefits that reflect their unity, at least as to some matters. The new French PaCS mentioned above, and Canada's extensive cohabitation rules, provide two examples.Registered Partnership. Some US states will allow people who want to commit to a longer term partnership, but do not want to "marry," to register as committed partners. Such partners need not cohabit. They receive the benefits of the other menu options listed above such as a married couple but with out being married, (including those that are standard under current law), and they take on additional duties to each other as well. Examples of this type of law include the Vermont civil unions law and the various European registered partnership laws for two or more persons. There are also the additional and different power of attorneys and employment long term contracts that also add to the power of the partnerships of longterm concensual servitude and Dominance. Bottom Line is anyone commited to the long term relationship will also be commited to the contracts. A Contract if signed in the public eye with a notary in the US is a binding contract if shown not to have been signed under durress. In other Countrys simply entering into the Court Houses provides for most a place to sign the contracts in front of Magistrates and the like and also hold up in a court of law. Common Sence goes a long way in how a person approches such acts and be it the Dominant or suplicant if their head is used can have a concensual and binding contract in hand for a long term Life with in this Lifestyle We call Alternate.
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