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| Region | Croatia |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Law on Life Partnerships of Persons of the Same Sex was adopted on July 15, 2014. Same-sex couples became equal to married couples in everything except the adoption of children. However, the law allows custody of the partner's child in some situations. The adoption of the law was preceded by the Constitutional Referendum on the definition of marriage held on December 1, 2013. The citizens declared that they were in favor of including a provision in the Constitution according to which marriage is the life union of a man and a woman. |
| Sources | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2014_07_92_1836.html http://www.zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%BEivotnom-partnerstvu-osoba-istog-spola |
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- Newer law has been passed "The section on adoption seems outdated and contradicts the information given elsewhere on the page, which mentions that the law changed in 2022"
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edited by Aleksandar. More in description
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| Description | The Law on Life Partnerships of Persons of the Same Sex was adopted on July 15, 2014. Same-sex couples became equal to married couples in everything except the adoption of children. However, the law allows custody of the partner's child in some situations. | The Law on Life Partnerships of Persons of the Same Sex was adopted on July 15, 2014. Same-sex couples became equal to married couples in everything except the adoption of children. However, the law allows custody of the partner's child in some situations. The adoption of the law was preceded by the Constitutional Referendum on the definition of marriage held on December 1, 2013. The citizens declared that they were in favor of including a provision in the Constitution according to which marriage is the life union of a man and a woman. |
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edited by Aleksandar. Date, description, one more link
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| Start Date | Sep 9, 2014 | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Description | The Law on Life Partnerships of Persons of the Same Sex was adopted on July 15, 2014. Same-sex couples became equal to married couples in everything except the adoption of children. However, the law allows custody of the partner's child in some situations. | |
| Sources | http://www.zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%BEivotnom-partnerstvu-osoba-istog-spola | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2014_07_92_1836.html http://www.zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%BEivotnom-partnerstvu-osoba-istog-spola |
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edited by matkoglibota
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- Status is not correct "In a referendum voted on in late 2013, they reversed the decision and redefined the definition of marriage to only between man and woman "
- Status is not correct "The correct term for a gay marriage in Croatia is "legal partnership" and its is per se absolutely equivalent to what a regular marriage represents, gay partners are allowed to have kids and even to adopt kids. The term "marriage" used to be "reserved" for a ciliv union between a man and a woman, but "legal partnership" offers totally equivalent privileges to gay partners/ spouses."
- Other "it is called "life partnership" (životno partnerstvo)"
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| Description | September 1st 2014. the law was passed September 9th 2014. the law took effect |
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| Description | https://www.gov.hr/moja-uprava/obitelj-i-zivot/brak-izvanbracna-zajednica-zivotno-partnerstvo/sklapanje-zivotnog-partnerstva/1737 | September 1st 2014. the law was passed September 9th 2014. the law took effect |
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| Value | Unregistered cohabitation | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Jul 24, 2003 | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Description | https://www.gov.hr/moja-uprava/obitelj-i-zivot/brak-izvanbracna-zajednica-zivotno-partnerstvo/sklapanje-zivotnog-partnerstva/1737 | |
| Sources | http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/306172.html | http://www.zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%BEivotnom-partnerstvu-osoba-istog-spola |
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created by matkoglibota
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| Status | Unregistered cohabitation |
| Start Date | Jul 24, 2003 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/306172.html |