A domestic partnership is a legal and/or personal relationship between individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not joined in a traditional marriage, a common-law marriage, or a civil union.

The following are some of the keys to legalizing your relationship:

			Financial Power of Attorney
			Health Care Powers of Attorney
			Domestic Partnership Agreements
			Wills
			Trusts
			Living Wills or Life Prolonging Procedures Declaration

What can happen without partnership planning?

			Your partner may not be able to manage your financial affairs while you are incapacitated
			Your partner may not be able to make medical decisions for you
			Your partner may not be able to visit you in the hospital if you are gravely ill
			Your partner may not be able to inherit your property -- but -- your children, parents and siblings will