To enter into a civil partnership is a serious commitment and in the same way as marriage, can only be brought to an end by order of the Court or death of either of you. The first thing to note that is in the same way as marriage you have to be in the civil partnership for a year before either party can apply to dissolve the partnership. The only possible ground for dissolution of the partnership is that the partnership has broken down irretrievably. You then have to satisfy the Court that this is a result of either the behaviour of the other civil partner, the fact that you have been separated for two years and the other partner consents to this, or that you have been separated for five years. The final fact is desertion for two years. Like Divorce you cannot sight adultery as a fact of the breakdown although you can say that your partner’s sexual relationship with another person is unreasonable behaviour.