Definitions.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(1) Are each other's sole domestic partner and intend to remain so indefinitely; (2) Maintain a common residence, and intend to continue to do so (or would maintain a common residence but for an assignment abroad or other employment-related, financial, or similar obstacle); (3) Are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract; (4) Share responsibility for a significant measure of each other's financial obligations; (5) Are not married or joined in a civil union to anyone else; (6) Are not the domestic partner of anyone else; (7) Are not related in a way that, if they were of opposite sex, would prohibit legal marriage in the U.S. jurisdiction in which the domestic partnership was formed; (8) Are willing to certify, if required by the agency, that they understand that willful falsification of any documentation required to establish that an individual is in a domestic partnership may lead to disciplinary action and the recovery of the cost of benefits received related to such falsification, as well as constitute a criminal violation under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and that the method for securing such certification, if required, will be determined by the agency; and (9) Are willing promptly to disclose, if required by the agency, any dissolution or material change in the status of the domestic partnership. (1) Children who are unmarried and under 21 years of age or who, regardless of age, are incapable of self-support, including natural children, step and adopte

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 591.402