You need to provide a COPY of only one document type under the appropriate "proof" category.

Proof of Marital Status

1. Your most recent Tax Return: Federal or State, page one only; financial information and the first 5 digits of Social Security numbers can be blacked out. The form must show "married filing jointly" or "married filing separately" with spouse's name indicated, or
2. If you were married during the current calendar year, use a copy of your marriage certificate, or
3. Marriage certificate AND proof of joint ownership (within last 12 months):
   • Mortgage statement, or
   • Credit card statement, or
   • Bank statement, or
   • Utility bill, or
   • Rental/lease agreement
4. If your marriage license or certificate is in a language other than English, please obtain a translation and provide both documents.

Proof of Domestic Partnership

1. A copy of the Registration of your registered domestic partnership, or
2. Proof of financial interdependence, provide any three of the following that were issued within last 12 months:
   • Copy of your and your domestic partner's driver's license showing your current address
   • Joint mortgage or joint tenancy on a residential lease
   • Bank account in both names, or
   • Credit card in both names, or
   • Power of attorney for health care, or
   • Designation of each other as authorized signatures on safe deposit boxes, or
   • Joint wills

Proof of Parent/Child Relationship

1. Birth certificate/hospital record showing the child's parent(s), or
2. Court-approved adoption papers (with signature or seal), or
3. Court-approved letters of guardianship (with signature or seal), or
4. Adoption Placement Agreement and Petition for Adoption, or
5. Court child support order that shows the child's parent(s)