How many people would use DP benefits and couldn t they be abused?
Average enrollment in a DP benefits plan will not exceed 1% of the eligible population. For instance, Emory University reports 50 out of 14,000 employees enrolled for their DP benefits, and, at Yale, 15 out of 8,000. Most businesses and universities require proof of a couple s financial interdependency as well as a signed contract attesting to their partnership. Such a contract is legally binding. Affidavits are legal documents which carry consequences for falsehood. (For examples, see the NGLTF DPB Organizing Manual). LGBT and straight employees are no more likely to falsify domestic partnerships than they are marriages. In fact, to date, no cases of domestic partnership fraud have been reported.
