It is important to know how a domestic partnership will affect your benefits. If you are about to, or have recently established a domestic partnership arrangement, there are several actions you must take in order to secure benefits for your partner from the Health Plan. In order to assist you in making the right decisions for both of your lives we have compiled a list of benefit plan issues you should study. You may wish to click here to read how the Health Plan defines a domestic partnership. We have also included websites that pertain to relationships and the legal issues surrounding domestic partnership. Visit the forms page to view all of the documentation regarding establishing domestic partnership benefits under the Health Plan.

• lambdalegal.org - - Large national organization working toward gay civil rights. Learn about legal issues in your area and in the country at large. There are also event and job listings.
• unmarried.org - - Site for an alternatives-to-marriage project. Houses articles, stories, "fun facts," and FAQs.
• ACLU: Gay Issues - -Court cases, laws, articles regarding the gay and lesbian civil rights law, job discrimination, marriage, military ban, parenting, students & school, and more. There are also links to books and other publications.
• palimony.com - -Articles containing information for unmarried couples dealing with issues like what you should know before moving in together to estate planning. There are also legal articles, links to other websites, and suggestions for books on related topics.
• Nolo Encyclopedia - -Listing of FAQ covering property rights, parenting issues, common law marriage, medical decisions, and pre-marital agreements. There is also a separate section devoted exclusively to same-sex couples that touches upon many of these same topics as well as taxes, adoption, and more.