Domestic Partnership Eligibility and RestrictionsThe Cook County Clerk's office will register same-sex couples as domestic partners if they meet eligibility requirements.
Eligibility and Restrictions
- You and your partner must be at least 18 years old.
- You and your partner must share a common household.
- You and your partner must live in Cook County, or either you or your partner must work in Cook County.
- You and your partner must be competent to enter into a contract.
- You and your partner must be in a close and committed relationship of mutual financial and emotional support and intend to remain in such a relationship.
- You and your partner must be each other's sole domestic partner.
- Neither you nor your partner is legally married.
- You and your partner are not related by blood.
- If you have been registered in a domestic partnership, you may not enter into another until at least 30 days after legally terminating the previous partnership.
- You and/or your partner must officially terminate the partnership if the above statements no longer apply.
- You and your partner must fill out and sign a Domestic Partnership Affidavit affirming the above statements are true and correct.
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