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adult household member and, for the purposes of this chapter only, | includes individuals presently or formerly living together and | individuals who are or were sexual partners. Holding oneself out to | be a spouse is not necessary to constitute "living as spouses." | For purposes of this subsection, "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. |
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| | Sec. C-1. 18-A MRSA §2-109, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1987, c. 736, | §37, is further amended to read: |
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| | (2) In cases not covered by paragraph (1), a person born out | of wedlock is a child of the mother; that person is also a child | of the father if: |
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| (i) The natural parents participated in a marriage ceremony | before or after the birth of the child, even though the | attempted marriage is void; or |
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| (ii) The father adopts the child into his family; or |
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| (iii) The father acknowledges in writing before a notary | public that he is the father of the child, or the paternity | is established by an adjudication before the death of the | father or is established thereafter by clear and convincing | proof, but the paternity established under this subparagraph | is ineffective to qualify the father or his kindred to | inherit from or through the child unless the father has | openly treated the child as his and has not refused to | support the child.; |
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| | Sec. C-2. 18-A MRSA §2-109, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. | C, §6 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | (3) A divorce or judicial separation does not bar the issue | of the marriage from inheriting.; |
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| | Sec. C-3. 18-A MRSA §2-109, sub-§§(4) to (10) are enacted to read: |
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| | (4) A child born to parents who have been parties to a | gestational agreement under Title 19-A, chapter 61, subchapter 8 | is the child of the parents as determined pursuant to that | agreement; |
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