Orlando Begins its Domestic Partner Registry

This raw video clip captures the first couples who registered with the City of Orlando's Domestic Partner Registry on January 12, 2012, including City Commissioner Patty Sheehan.




On December 12, 2011, the Orlando City Council approved an ordinance that created the City's first-ever Domestic Partner Registry. This establishes a registry which defines domestic partnership, outlines the registration process and provides an overview of protections provided within a domestic partnership that has been recognized by the city of Orlando. Those protections include:
•Hospital visitation
•Rights to health care decisions
•Correctional facility visitation
•Rights to funeral/burial decisions
•Guardianship and the right for both domestic partners to participate in the education of their children

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• Orlando
• Domestic Partner Registry
• Buddy Dyer
• Patty Sheehan