Wisconsin Domestic Partner Registry Opens Next Week

Starting August 3 Wisconsinites can register for domestic partnerships in the county where they live. In fact, it makes Wisconsin the first state with a constitutional ban on gay marriage make domestic partnerships legal. Bayfield County Clerk Scott Fibert says that the fee will be $60 in Bayfield County. The fee changes from county to county. He says people should be prepared to bring a couple forms of ID. “But you will need a birth certificate, a proof of residence because if you’re getting it in Bayfield County, we have to make sure that one of them or both of them live in Bayfield County.” Full Story from Business North

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