Domestic Partnership vs. Marriage – Which one is for you?

These days, you have several options when you choose to be with your loved one. You can go for a live-in arrangement, domestic partnership, or marriage. Each comes with its own pros and cons, and deciding on the best option will depend on your beliefs, tradition and personal principles. If you’re confused, you can read about love and relationship advice found below regarding the differences of a domestic partnership and marriage.

Domestic partnership is an option for couples, whether same sex or not, to define their relationship status legally. Deciding on which arrangement is suitable for you – domestic partnership or marriage – will affect how you plan to live in the future.

Aside from your personal principles, love and relationship advice suggests that serious considerations have to be taken when choosing between domestic partnership and marriage.

For one, the rights in a domestic partnership are not portable from state to state in the United States, the way marriages are. This means that a couple who is registered as domestic partners in a particular state may not carry their rights as domestic partners in another state. They will only be guaranteed and honored in the place of registration.

If your loved one is not a U.S. citizen, domestic partnership won’t be able to qualify your non-citizen partner for a green card status. Also, unlike marriage, a domestic partner does not automatically become the parent of a child the other partner adopts or gives birth to. However, some jurisdictions allow domestic partners to adopt one another’s children under the conditions of a Second Parent Adoption.

The choice between domestic partnership or marriage is also affected by inheritance considerations. In marriage, the spouses inherit each other’s estates upon death, but this is not the case for domestic partners, unless they have a will which stipulates the partner to inherit the other’s assets.

The benefits you get in the workplace may also vary if you’re married or in a domestic partnership.

If you and your partner place great value on religion and the sacrament of Marriage, then by all means, marriage should be your top priority. But if you value your independence and want to consider other options, a love and relationship advice is to consider domestic partnership.

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