Sec. 8. 18-A MRSA §3-203, sub-§(a), ¶(4-A) is enacted to read:

(4-A)__The surviving domestic partner of the decedent;

Sec. 9. 18-A MRSA §5-309, sub-§(a), ¶(1), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

(1) The ward or the person alleged to be incapacitated and his the ward's or person's spouse, parents and, adult children and any domestic partner known to the court;

Sec. 10. 18-A MRSA §5-309, sub-§(c), as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 656, §2, is amended to read:

(c) Notice to the spouse, adult children, domestic partner and parents required by subsection (a) shall must be served by certified mail, with restricted delivery and return receipt requested, at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.

If the certified mail to the spouse or domestic partner is not delivered and the spouse that person can be found within the State, notice shall must be served personally on the spouse that person.

If the certified mail to the spouse or domestic partner is not delivered, the spouse cannot that person can not be found within the State and the certified mail is not delivered to any adult children, notice shall must be served personally on an adult child who can be found within the State.

If the certified mail to the spouse or domestic partner and adult children is not delivered, the spouse or domestic partner and all adult children cannot can not be found within the State and the certified mail is not delivered to any parent, notice shall must be served personally on a parent who can be found within the State.

If no spouse, domestic partner, adult child or parent is served by certified mail or personally, notice to the closest adult relative required by subsection (a) shall must be served by certified mail, with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. If the certified mail to the adult relative is not delivered and the adult relative can be found within the State,