§ 27-8-1. Purpose.

The purpose of this article is to provide a mechanism for the City of Detroit, which values retaining its workforce, to recognize that, because there are close, personal, intimate relationships involving non-married city elective officers, city appointees, and city employees which are tantamount or equivalent to the personal relationships that exist between legally married spouses, two (2) adults, who meet the criteria set forth in section 27-8-3 of this Code and desire to have their relationship recognized as a domestic partnership, may record their domestic partnership in accordance with section 27-8-6 of this Code, in order that the fundamental rights contained within section 27-8-7 of this Code may be preserved for the domestic partners, and that the benefits contained within Chapter 13, Articles V, VIII, IX, and X, of this Code, may flow to the domestic partners.

(Ord. No. 27-01, § 1, 11-30-01)