Estonia

1. Does your national regulation provide for the possibility of registering a partnership?

As from 1 January 2016, two adults of whom at least one has residence in Estonia may enter into a registered partnership contract.

1.1 If you answered yes, please confirm if registered partnerships are accepted no matter if the partners or couples are of the same sex gender?

Yes

2. Is there a statutory property regime for partnerships whether registered or not?

Upon entry into a registered partnership contract, the parties must choose the type of their proprietary relationship. The same types of proprietary relationships that are available when a marriage is registered can be chosen: jointness of property, set-off of assets increment, separateness of property. The parties may agree on rules that apply to the separateness of their property as well as on an obligation to pay regular amounts of money and the size thereof if their registered partnership contract is terminated.

3. And are there any restrictions on the freedom to establish a property regime?

No

4. Can a partnership registered in another member state or in a third state have patrimonial effects in your national regulation?

Yes

5. Does the dissolution of a non-marital partnership produce succession effects?

No. In the case that the parties wish to bequeath their property to their partner, a reciprocal will or succession contract must be concluded. Wills and succession contracts become invalid on the same basis as in the case of a reciprocal will or succession contract concluded upon entering into a marriage