Aren Domestic Partnership Agreements just for gays and lesbians who live together?
Contrary to popular belief, Domestic Partnership Agreements are for all adults who are living in a family type relationship which is not recognized by law as being the same as married. It doesn’t matter if the couple are homosexuals or heterosexuals because in Arizona, there is no law granting common law marriage. So even heterosexuals who are living together need Domestic Partnership Agreements in order to give each partner in the relationship the same legal rights as if they were married. To me, it is of bigger importance to ensure that partnership rights are retained as much as possible so that family life can go on without unnecessary legal strife when crises appear.
