By 38 Riigikogu members, cohabitation act implementing bill was initiated yesterday whereby assets relations, registry issues etc would be settled for unmarried partners.
Registered Partnership Act implementing regulation bill put forward by 38 at Riigikogu
21st October 2015, 14:37
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The draft that requites amendments to nearly hundred acts was put forth by deputies of Reform Party and Sod Dems. For the passing of the draft technical by nature, majority of 51 votes are needed.
Riigikogu equal treatment support group head Yoko Alender (Reform) said Riigikogu is under constitutional obligation to enforce the implementing acts in a timely manner, for the act passed last year. Also, Mr Alender expressed hopes the supporters would outnumber initiators.
The initiators include the total 15 of Soc Dems at Riigikogu. As for reform, 23 signed out of 30 as Urve Tiidus, Terje Trei, Aivar Sõerd, Deniss Boroditš, Igor Gräzin, Kalle Laanet and Toomas Kivimägi opted out.
There were no IRL, Centre, Free or EKRE members among the initiators.
As assured by justice ministry private law department head Indrek Niklus, the act enters into force on January 1st anyway and from that day unmarried couples may get registered as such.
The official admitted that when implementation act goes missing, there would be «certain legal and technical issues» in relations to state and third parties as at entries into registers.
In case running into problems due to lack of implementing act, University of Tartu law lecturer Ene Andresen says couples «will be entitled to file claim for compensation of damage.»
The previous membership of the Riigikogu passed the act on October 9th last year. Entering into force, it will also extend to such couples of the same sex.