Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 291-501 Definitions.
Sec. 291-501. - Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Basic living expenses means the cost of basic food and shelter. The individuals need not contribute equally or jointly to the cost of these expenses as long as they agree that both are responsible for the costs.
Declaration of domestic partnership means a form provided by the human resources division of the office of finance and management that creates a domestic partnership when signed by domestic partners. By signing it, two persons attest, under penalty of perjury, that they both meet all of the requirements of domestic partners as provided in section 291-501.
Domestic partners means two (2) adults who meet the following requirements:
(1) Both adults have chosen to share one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring;
(2) Both adults currently share a primary residence;
(3) Both adults have shared a primary residence for the preceding three hundred sixty-five (365) days;
(4) Both adults are jointly responsible for basic living expenses, as demonstrated by a signed declaration of financial interdependence and by providing three (3) proofs of the following criteria to the satisfaction of the Human Resources Division, if and when requested;
a. Joint ownership of a primary residence or joint tenancy of a residential lease;
b. Copy of utility (water, gas, or electric) invoice listing both domestic partners;
c. Joint ownership of an automobile;
d. Joint bank or credit account;
e. Joint liabilities (e.g. credit cards or loans, etc.);
f. A will or trust designating the domestic partner as beneficiary;
g. A retirement plan or life insurance policy beneficiary designation form designating the domestic partner as beneficiary;
h. A signed durable power of attorney to the effect that the employee and the domestic partner have granted powers to one another;
i. Copies of each domestic partner's driver's license that indicates the same address;
(5) Both adults have been jointly responsible for living expenses during the preceding three hundred sixty-five (365) days; and
(6) Neither adult is currently married.
Domestic partnership means a relationship conferring benefits described in section 291-503 between domestic partners who have signed a declaration of domestic partnership as provided in this article.
Share a primary residence means that two (2) persons share the same primary living quarters; however, it is not necessary that the legal right to possess the living quarters be in both of their names. Two persons may live together even if one (1) or both have additional living quarters.
(G.O. 23, 2012, § 1)