§ 3.11.02. Domestic partnership criteria.

Domestic partners will be deemed to have a "committed" relationship and to "share" responsibility for one another's common welfare if they execute a declaration of domestic partnership affirming that such facts are true.

To establish a domestic partnership, both individuals must file a declaration of domestic partnership with the city affirming that they meet all of the following qualifications:

(A)

Both individuals have shared a common residence for six months and intend to do so indefinitely;

(B)

Both individuals affirm that they have a committee relationship and share responsibility for each other's common welfare;

(C)

Neither individual is married to any other individual;

(D)

Neither individual is part of an existing domestic partnership with any third party;

(E)

Each individual is 18 years of age or older, and have maintained this relationship for six months and intend to do so indefinitely; and

(F)

The individuals are not related to one another by blood in a way that would prevent them from being married to one another in this state.

(Ord. No. 0-49-11, § I, 6-13-2011; Ord. No. 0-135-17, § I, 12-4-2017)