All benefits-eligible employees may add their domestic partner to the extent allowed under the domestic partner coverage conditions as stated in the Affidavit of Domestic Partnership.
Each party is at least 18 years old and is competent to enter into a contract. Neither party is married, or is a partner to another domestic partnership relationship. Each party is the sole domestic partner of the other person.
In Florida, there is no statewide recognition of domestic partnership. Only the counties of Palm Beach, Volusia, Broward, Orange, Pinellas, Miami-Dade, Leon, Monroe, and Sarasota recognize domestic partnerships, enabling legal benefits for those couples.
How to Register a Domestic Partnership Download a Declaration of Domestic Partnership (PDF) Form or obtain one from Broward County Records, Taxes and Treasury Division. Complete the form. Take or mail the notarized form to: Broward County Records, Taxes and Treasury Division Governmental Center Room 114 115 S.
Filing a declaration of domestic partnership allows for visitation rights at health care, correctional and juvenile facilities among registered couples. The declaration must be signed in front of a notary public and the document notarized. It can be submitted online, by mail or in person.
Obtain the "Declaration of Domestic Partnership" form online or at the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's main office in the Recording Department (Room 4.2500) or at any branch location. Complete the form so it is legible and have it notarized.
A valid domestic partnership relationship may be registered by any two (2) persons by filing a declaration of domestic partnership with the Miami-Dade Consumer Services Department, which declaration shall comply with all requirements set forth in this chapter for establishing such domestic partnership.
Good news! You can join your partner's health insurance plan. as a domestic partner. You can live together, but you don't have to be married. Just keep in mind, this does count as a taxable event, so be sure to run the numbers. to make sure it makes financial sense for both of you. Oh, my gosh. Thank you.
What Benefits Are Included? Health care visitations & decisions. Funeral/burial decisions. Notification of family members. Pre-need guardian designation for incapacitated partners. Visitation rights at county juvenile detention & correctional facilities.