text: an unmarried couple split up, does the woman have a right to her ex partners's teachers pension? what court orders would allow the woman to share her partner's pension? what must she do to secure her right to the pension nefore they split? what is the difference if it was 2 men who are not part of a civil partnership? probably not.  that's why you are supposed to get married.  some states have the common-law marriage where after a number of years you might have some rights as someone who'd walked down the aisle.