2.__Registered domestic partners; eligibility.__Domestic partners may become registered domestic partners if:

A.__At the time when a declaration under subsection 3 is filed, each domestic partner is a mentally competent adult and not impaired or related in a fashion that would prohibit marriage under Title 19-A, section 701, subsection 2, 3 or 4;

B.__The domestic partners have been legally domiciled together in this State for at least 12 months preceding the filing;

C.__Neither domestic partner is married or in a registered domestic partnership with another person; and

D.__Each domestic partner is the sole domestic partner of the other and expects to remain so.

As used in this section, "domestic partners" means 2 unmarried adults who are domiciled together under long-term arrangements that evidence a commitment to remain responsible indefinitely for each other's welfare.

3.__Registration.__To become registered domestic partners, domestic partners must jointly file with the registry a declaration under oath of domestic partnership together with the required filing fee.__The registry shall file the declaration in the domestic partner registry established pursuant to subsection 1 and return 2 copies of the declaration to the domestic partners at the address provided as their common residence.__The registry must charge a fee for registration that is adequate to pay the projected costs for managing the registry.

4.__Termination.__A registered domestic partnership is terminated by the marriage of either registered domestic partner or by the filing with the registry of:

A.__A notice under oath signed by both registered domestic partners before a notary that the registered domestic partners consent to the termination; or

B.__A notice under oath from either registered domestic partner that the other registered domestic partner was served in hand with a notice of intent to terminate the partnership.__If service in hand is not feasible, then