Domestic partner
Domestic partner means a person with whom a Bureau employee:
(1) Has a close and committed personal relationship and both parties are at least 18 years of age, are each other's sole domestic partner and intend to remain in the relationship indefinitely, and neither is married to, in a civil union with, or partnered with any other spouse or domestic partner;
(2) Is not related by blood in a manner that would bar marriage under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the employee resides;
(3) Is in a financially interdependent relationship in which both agree to be responsible for each other's common welfare and share in financial obligations; and
(4) Has shared for at least six months the same regular and permanent residence in a committed relationship and both parties intend to do so indefinitely, or would maintain a common residence but for an assignment abroad or other employment-related, financial, or similar obstacle.