The certificates for the respective ceremonies are the same, other than the requirement for both of your parents’ names on a civil partnership certificate, where a marriage certificate only ...

A civil union is a legal way to denote two partners as a couple. ... These arrangements can also be called “domestic partnerships.” ... having a ceremony and receiving a certificate.

California has domestic partnerships that are quite similar to New Jersey civil unions, and will likely recognize a New Jersey civil union as a domestic partnership. Massachusetts allows marriage for ...

Heterosexual couples might be able to access civil partnerships, as the government reviews the law that currently only applies to homosexual couples. Tory MP Tim Loughton had proposed to amend the ...