domestic partnerships
Cohabiting couple status
A domestic partnership is a legal arrangement granting unmarried couples some of the rights and responsibilities of marriage—typically health insurance benefits, hospital visitation, and inheritance protections.
The term emerged as same-sex couples sought recognition before marriage equality, though domestic partnerships remain available to opposite-sex couples in some jurisdictions: They registered as domestic partners to share benefits.
- civil unionsLegal status for couples
- coupleTwo linked together
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- long-term relationshipExtended romantic commitment
- wifeFemale marriage partner
legal recognition · legal protections · custody agreements · spousal rights · power of attorney · hospital visitation · community property · tax benefits · benefits · commitment · inheritance rights · unmarried · healthcare proxy · parental rights · companionship · shared · relationships · marriage equality
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- gay marriagegay marriage, same-sex wedding, marriage equality, civil union, equal marriage
- LGBTQ rightsgay rights, trans rights, lesbian rights, gay marriage, marriage equality
- LGBTQ historyStonewall riots, gay liberation, Harvey Milk, pride movement, gay rights movement
- LGBTQ+ rightsgay rights, equal rights, lesbian rights, transgender rights, LGBTQ+ rights
- sex lawsconsent laws, sodomy laws, age of consent, statutory rape, child protection laws
domestic partnershipstraditional marriage
Customary male-female union
matrimony · civil marriage · common-law marriage · marriage · legal marriage
domestic partnershipshookups
Casual intimate encounters
casual dating · dating · friends with benefits · situationships · one-night stands
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