§ 2-779. Definitions.

The following words and phrases used in this article have the meanings given in this section:

Domestic partner means any two adults who meet all the following:

(1)

Are not related by blood closer than permitted under marriage laws of the state.

(2)

Are not married.

(3)

Are competent to enter into a contract.

(4)

Are jointly responsible to each other for the necessities of life.

(5)

Are committed to one another to the same extent as married persons are to each other, except for the traditional marital status and solemnities.

(6)

Do not have any other domestic partners.

(7)

Are both at least 18 years of age.

(8)

At least one of whom resides in the city or is employed in the city.

Domestic partnership includes, upon production of valid, government-issued documentation, in addition to domestic partnerships registered with the city, and regardless of whether partners in either circumstance have sought further registration with the city:

(1)

Any persons who have a currently-registered domestic partnership with a governmental body pursuant to state, local or other law authorizing such registration. The term "domestic partnership" shall be construed liberally to include unions, regardless of title, in which two individuals are committed to one another as married persons are traditionally committed, except for the traditional marital status and solemnities.

(2)

Marriages that would be legally recognized as a contract of lawful marriage in another local, state or foreign jurisdiction, but for the operation of state law.

(Code 1992, § 195.02; Ord. No. 2010-12, 6-3-2010)