domestic partnership
Committed nonmarital union
A domestic partnership is a legally recognized relationship between two people who live together and share a domestic life but are not married.
The term emerged as same-sex couples sought legal recognition before marriage equality, though domestic partnerships remain available to unmarried couples of any gender in some jurisdictions: They registered as domestic partners to get health insurance benefits.
- civil unionLegal spousal alternative
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- spousal rightsLegal claims through marriage
- next of kinNearest living family members
- common-law marriagePartnership treated as wedlock
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