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DIVISION 2.5. DOMESTIC PARTNER REGISTRATION [297. - 299.6.]

Division 2.5 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 588, Sec. 2.

§§ 297–299.6 · 11 sections

  1. PART 1. DEFINITIONS §§ 297–297.5 · 3 sections
    • § 297 (a) Domestic partners are two adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring. (b) A domestic…
    • § 297.1 (a) A person under 18 years of age who, together with the other proposed domestic partner, otherwise meets the requirements for a domestic partnership other…
    • § 297.5 (a) Registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and…
  2. PART 2. REGISTRATION §§ 298–298.8 · 5 sections
    • § 298 (a) (1) The Secretary of State shall prepare forms entitled “Declaration of Domestic Partnership” and “Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership” to meet…
    • § 298.5 (a) Two persons desiring to become domestic partners may complete and file a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State. (b) The Secretary…
    • § 298.6 (a) Parties to a registered domestic partnership shall not be required to have the same name. Neither party shall be required to change their name. A person’s…
    • § 298.7 The Secretary of State shall establish a process by which two persons, who have been living together as domestic partners and who meet the requirements of…
    • § 298.8 (a) The Secretary of State shall create a document no later than March 1, 2020, with annual updates no later than March 1 of each year thereafter,…
  3. PART 3. TERMINATION §§ 299–299.2 · 2 sections
    • § 299 (a) A registered domestic partnership may be terminated without filing a proceeding for dissolution of domestic partnership by the filing of a Notice of…
    • § 299.2 A legal union of two persons, other than a marriage, that was validly formed in another jurisdiction, and that is substantially equivalent to a domestic…
  4. PART 4. LEGAL EFFECT
  5. PART 5. PREEMPTION § 299.6 · 1 section
    • § 299.6 (a) Any local ordinance or law that provides for the creation of a “domestic partnership” shall be preempted on and after July 1, 2000, except as provided in…