What are the requirements to demonstrate UMH?

In general, the conditions that must be proven in order for a de facto marital union to be considered to exist are that:

• Whether between an adult couple: two cisgender men, two cisgender women, one trans man and one cisgender woman, one trans woman and one cisgender man, two trans people, one cisgender man and one cisgender woman.
• The partners are not married.
• A permanent and unique community of life would have been formed between the couple (limited to 2 persons).
• The existence of an affective and economic relationship.

Please note: the UMH does not require the relationship to be well known. In other words, the existence of the UMH cannot be denied because neighbours, relatives or friends knew that the couple was a couple.

We know that there are cases in which some of these conditions may be flexible, so if you need more information, if you do not find an answer to the situation you are experiencing or if you need legal support, please write to us at consultasjuridicas@colombiadiversa.org