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substitute service may be accomplished in the same fashion as
provided by the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure for
commencement of a civil action.__Termination under this
paragraph is not effective until 60 days after service is
complete.

 
5.__Indemnity.__If a 3rd party in reliance on the existence of
a registered domestic partnership suffers loss because of a
failure to receive adequate notice of termination under
subsection 4, each registered domestic partner responsible for
the failure to give notice is liable to pay the loss.

 
6.__Forms.__The registry shall develop standard forms for the
declaration and termination of registered domestic partnerships.

 
A.__The declaration must adequately identify each individual
signing the form by name, including former names, residence
and date and place of birth.

 
B.__The declaration must contain an assertion under oath
that each individual meets the requirements of subsection 2
at the time the declaration is filed.

 
C.__The declaration must contain a warning that registration
may affect property and inheritance rights, that
registration is not a substitute for a will, a deed or a
partnership agreement and that any rights conferred by
registration may be completely superseded by a will, a deed
or other instruments that may be executed by either party.__
The declaration must also contain instructions on how the
partnership may be terminated.

 
Sec. 18. 22 MRSA §2843, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985,
c. 602, is amended to read:

 
2. Permit for disinterment or removal. No dead human body may
be disinterred or removed from any vault or tomb until the person
in charge of the disinterment or removal has obtained a permit
from the clerk of the municipality where the dead human body is
buried or entombed. The permit shall must be issued upon receipt
of a notarized application signed by the next of kin of the
deceased who shall verify verifies that he the signer is the
closest surviving known relative and, where any other family
members member of equal or greater legal or blood relationship or
a domestic partner of the decedent also survive survives, that
they all such persons are aware of, and do not object to, the
disinterment or removal. Nothing contained in this subsection
precludes a court of competent jurisdiction from ordering or
enjoining disinterment or removal pursuant to section 3029 or in


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