What information does the TAC require to assess eligibility and calculate benefits?
In order to establish a surviving partner’s eligibility for benefits, the TAC may request the following: • Evidence a genuine domestic relationship between the two people exists, for example: • a marriage certificate, or • a certificate demonstrating the relationship is registered • statements (i.e. statutory declarations) by parents, family members, relatives, and friends that demonstrate: • they are each other’s sole domestic partner in a long-term, committed relationship and intended to remain so indefinitely • they are responsible for children, either natural, i.e. born of the relationship or adopted during the relationship • they are living together on a permanent basis, share the household domestic duties, are responsible for the home’s expenses and each others necessities of life • other people believe they are in a genuine marriage-like relationship on the basis they are living together, they have a sexual relationship, they attend social activities together, provide economical
