Note: U-M benefits for same-sex domestic partners (SSDP) concluded at the end of 2007 to comply with the current Michigan Court of Appeals ruling on same-sex partner benefits. Accordingly, references to U-M recognized Same-Sex Domestic Partnerships in all University policies and documents (other than existing collective bargaining agreements) have been rendered invalid. 

If you and your same-sex domestic partner are both employed by the University, when you enroll in benefits, keep in mind:

• You and your partner cannot be covered as both an employee and a dependent for any University benefit program except employee and dependent life insurance benefits (i.e., you cannot cover each other under the same benefit plan except for dependent life insurance).
• Each parent can enroll in different benefits plans or options, and each of them can enroll a different child under his or her coverage, but both cannot enroll the same child.

Generally, under your University of Michigan benefits plans, you cannot cover:

• Anyone who works for or is retired from the University and has his or her own University coverage; or
• Any dependents who are already covered by a spouse or SSDP who works for or is retired from the University.
• Any dependent child who works for the University and is eligible for University-sponsored benefits as an employee.