DOMESTIC PARTNERS
Domestic Partner Coverage
You may cover your domestic partner, opposite or same sex, for all benefits including medical, dental, life, and personal accident insurance, and tuition remission. To cover a domestic partner the following criteria must be met:
- You and the domestic partner share a permanent residence (unless residing in different cities, states, or countries on a temporary basis).
- You and the domestic partner are each other’s sole domestic partner, have been in the relationship for at least six months, and intend to remain in the relationship indefinitely.
- Neither you nor your domestic partner is currently married to or legally separated from another person under either statutory or common law.
- You and the domestic partner are responsible for each other’s welfare.
- You and the domestic partner are at least eighteen (18) years of age and mentally competent to consent to this contract.
- You and the domestic partner are not related by blood to a degree of closeness that would prohibit marriage in the state in which you legally reside.
- You and the domestic partner are financially interdependent on each other in accordance with the plan requirements outlined by the University of Cincinnati. Financial interdependency may be demonstrated by the existence of at least three (3) of the following to verify domestic partnership:
- Joint ownership of real estate property or joint tenancy on a residential lease
- Joint ownership of an automobile
- Joint bank or credit account
- Joint liabilities (i.e., credit cards or loans)
- A will designating the domestic partner as the primary beneficiary
- A retirement plan or life insurance policy beneficiary designating the domestic partner as primary beneficiary
- A durable power of attorney signed to the effect that powers are granted to one another
Please note to cover a domestic partner you will be required to complete an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership and that you can and will provide the documents to verify domestic partnership. You may download an affidavit from the UC Web site at www.uc.edu/hr.
You agree to notify the HRSC in writing and mail a signed copy to your previous domestic partner within 30 days of either of the following events:
- There is a change in circumstances that would make a domestic partner ineligible for coverage under the terms of the university’s plans; or
- You terminate the relationship the domestic partnership.
Once a qualified change of status in the domestic partnership occurs and the domestic partner is no longer eligible for coverage you may not cover another domestic partner for at least six months.
To enroll a domestic partner in coverage you need to select the appropriate level of coverage for yourself, your children, and the domestic partner (i.e., self plus domestic partner, or family plus domestic partner). Please review your enrollment information online.
TAXABILITY OF DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS
2008 DOMESTIC PARTNER AFFIDAVIT
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