CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, v6 Updated 2-1-2005 THE CODE Chapter 47B, DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS § 47B-1. Creation of domestic partnership. |
§ 47B-1. Creation of domestic partnership. | ||||
A.Any two individuals may execute and file with the City Clerk a statement of domestic partnership in which each individual as to himself or herself declares the following: | ||||
(1)The individuals are at least 18 years of age. | ||||
(2)The individuals are competent to enter into a contract. | ||||
(3)The individuals are not married in any jurisdiction. | ||||
(4)The individuals currently live together and have lived together continuously for at least six months immediately prior to filing the statement. | ||||
(5)The individuals intend to continue to live together. | ||||
(6)The individuals are committed to the physical, emotional and financial care and support of each other. | ||||
(7)The individuals are financially interdependent. | ||||
(8)The individuals share with each other the common necessities and tasks of one household. | ||||
(9)The individuals have represented to persons outside their domestic partnership that they are domestic partners. | ||||
(10)The individuals are each other's sole domestic partner, and each has no other domestic partner. | ||||
(11)The individuals intend to remain each other's sole domestic partner. | ||||
(12)The individuals have not terminated a statement of domestic partnership, or its equivalent in another jurisdiction, within six months immediately prior to filing the statement. | ||||
B.A statement of domestic partnership shall be executed before the City Clerk or a deputy by both individuals under oath and penalty of perjury as to each of its declarations and shall be subscribed by the Clerk or a deputy. The City Clerk may require documentary evidence or testimony under oath in support of one or more of the declarations, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the City Clerk. | ||||
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