{"id":90373,"date":"2026-06-07T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90373"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:00:36","slug":"bbc-expert-says-unmarried-couples-living-together-face-new-three-year-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/07\/bbc-expert-says-unmarried-couples-living-together-face-new-three-year-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC expert says unmarried couples living together face new &#8216;three year rule&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA251vsm.img?w=768&h=513&m=6&x=621&y=177&s=81&d=81\" alt=\"Couples living together unmarried face big problems currently if they split or one dies due to financial rules - but this could be changing\" width=\"667\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A huge change is being planned for any people who are living together in an unmarried relationship. Under a new \u2018three year rule\u2019 people would now be entitled to more rights if their partner dies or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/lifestyle\/family-relationships\/bbc-expert-says-unmarried-couples-living-together-face-new-three-year-rule\/ar-AA251vsq?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a258d6bd8a847b0a30c8f68d3590359&cvpid=a7b09e7e19634aa6893c6440e32b37a4&ei=21\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A huge change is being planned for any people who are living together in an unmarried relationship. Under a new \u2018three year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/couple-pose.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90374,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90373\/revisions\/90374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}