Sec. 17-72. Criteria for civil union.
   For purposes of this article, civil union partners are two (2) persons:
   (1)   Not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of Arizona;
   (2)   Neither of whom is in a marriage expressly recognized by the State of Arizona or in any domestic partnership and/or civil union with another person;
   (3)   Both of whom are eighteen (18) years of age or older;
   (4)   Both of whom are competent to enter into a contract;
   (5)   Both of whom declare that they are each other's sole civil union partner;
   (6)   Both of whom currently share a primary residence, are in a relationship of mutual support, and declare that they intend to remain in such for the indefinite future.
(Ord. No. 9898, § 1, 9-15-03; Ord. No. 11088, § 1, 6-18-13, eff. 7-19-13)