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"This volume contains detailed information on the law on 'informal relationships' in 30 European countries. An informal relationship refers to a relationship that is not formalized as a marriage or as a registered partnership/civil union between a couple. The expert members of the CEFL (Commission on European Family Law) have drafted national reports on the basis of a detailed questionnaire. This book integrates all the responses in order to provide an overview and a straightforward simultaneous comparison of the different solutions chosen within national systems"--Back cover. Respondent countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.