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 ...

If you are a foreign-born foreigner, a certificate of Civil partnership, provided by Csec, may be required. Otherwise, your birth certificate is enough.

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 ...