Requirements to register a Domestic Partnership:
    -Opposite sex couples who are both 62 years of age or older.
    -Share a common residence in New Jersey or in any other jurisdiction provided that at least one of the applicants is 
    a member of a New Jersey State-    administered retirement system.
    -Both persons are jointly responsible for each other's common welfare as evidenced by joint financial arrangements 
    or joint ownership of real 
    or personal property.
    -Both persons agree to be jointly responsible for each other's basic living expenses during the domestic partnership.
    -Neither applicant is in a marriage recognized by New Jersey law or a member of another domestic partnership.
    -Neither person is related to the other by blood or affinity up to and including the fourth degree of consanguinity.
    -Both persons have chosen to share each other's lives in a committed relationship of mutual caring.
    -Neither applicant has terminated another domestic partnership within the last 180 days.

How to Register:
    -The applicants must obtain an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership from a Local Registrar of Vital Statistics or the
    state website at www.state.nj.us/health/vital/dp2.shtml.
    -The Affidavit must be completed and signed by both applicants at the same time, in the presence of a notary public.
    -The Affidavit must then be filed with a Local Registrar of Vital Statistics along with:
                                            -Valid identification
                                            -Proof of residence 
                                            -Proof of joint financial responsibility
                                            -Payment in the amount of $28.

Domestic Partnerships are not considered registered until the Affidavit has been filed with a Local Registrar's Office and the Certificate of Domestic Partnership has been issued.