A domestic partnership is an intimate relationship between people, usually a couple, who live together and share a common domestic life without being married. In some jurisdictions, people registered in a domestic partnership receive legal benefits such as a guaranteed right of survivorship, hospital visitation rights, and other protections that would otherwise depend on marriage. The institution functions as a legal status giving couples some of the protections associated with marriage without requiring them to marry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A domestic partnership is an intimate relationship between people, usually couples, who live together and share a common domestic life but who are not married (to each other or to anyone else).
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