In plain English
It describes someone who shares a home with another person as part of an ongoing committed relationship. The relationship is long-term, and the two people are not legally married to each other.
In context
In this relationship-choice dropdown, "domestic partner" denotes a person who lives with another person in a long-term committed relationship without being legally married to that person.
- Situation
- Enrolling in policies and reading coverage, member, beneficiary, and effective-date labels
- What it communicates
- names one relationship choice in the dropdown
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say anything about legal status beyond not being married to that person.
Examples
“After twelve years of living together, Priya introduced Elena as her domestic partner, not her wife.”
“From the relationship list, she chose domestic partner for the man she had lived with for years.”