registered partners cannot adopt, with the exception that one party can adopt the biological children of the other
registered partners cannot have joint custody of a child, except by adoption
laws making explicit reference to the sexes of a married couple do not apply to registered partnerships
regulations by international treaties do not apply unless all signatories agree.
Divorce for registered partners follow the same rules as opposite-sex divorces.
Registered partners must meet one of the following residency requirements to form a union: (1) one partner must be a Danish citizen and be resident in Denmark, or (2) both parties must have been resident in Denmark for two years. Citizens of Finland, Iceland, and Norway are treated as Danish citizens for purposes of the residency requirements. Additionally, the Justice Minister may order citizenship in any other country with a law similar to Denmark's be treated as a citizen of Denmark.[1]
As of today, there are more than 8,868 registered partnerships in Denmark, of which 500 involved parents of minor children.citation needed
Role of the state church
Registered partnership is by civil ceremony only. The Church of Denmark, the Lutheranstate church, which is generally more conservative about same-sex issues than the Danish people, has yet to decide how to handle the issue, but the general attitude of the church seems approving but hesitant. Some priests perform blessings of gay couples, and this is accepted since 1997 by the church, which states that the church blesses people, not institutions.
