Sentence examples for partner registry from inspiring English sources

But until they signed Westchester County's new domestic partner registry, they had no legal recognition of their relationship.

Not much, in the view of Thomas Levin, the village attorney for North Hills, which unanimously approved a domestic partner registry last May.

Mr. McKeon was one of roughly three dozen speakers at a public hearing to discuss the board's proposed Domestic Partner Registry, which would allow unmarried couples, both gay and straight, to register and document their relationship.

She has sponsored tough recycling laws, campaign finance reform legislation and a law to create a domestic partner registry to give county recognition to unwed couples, including those in same-sex relationships.

Barbara Stewart (NYT) WHITE PLAINS: UNMARRIED-COUPLE LEGISLATION -- The Westchester County executive, Andrew J. Spano, has proposed a bill to create a domestic partner registry for adult couples in long-term relationships.

Mr. Van Hollen, a Republican, said the state's Constitution prohibited same-sex couples from holding a legal status that is "substantially similar" to marriage, and said he had concluded that the new domestic partner registry did that.

Nationally, an estimated 40 jurisdictions have domestic partner registries, including New York City, Albany, Rochester and Ithaca.

"Domestic partner registries give proof of family status for business purposes and in the community," he said.

Domestic partner registries already exist in the Village of North Hills and the Towns of East Hampton and Southampton.

In the next 10 days two more Long Island villages are scheduled to vote on virtually identical legislation that would set up domestic partner registries for their residents and employees.

Another telling factor that we could not include, given our methodological constraints, was the existence of domestic partner registries.