TITLE 8
Courts and Civil ProcedureCourts
CHAPTER 8-8.2
Traffic tribunal
SECTION 8-8.2-20
§ 8-8.2-20 Domestic partner
Definition.
For purposes of this chapter, "domestic partner" shall be defined as a person
who, prior to the decedent's death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed
relationship with the decedent, and who certifies by affidavit that their
relationship met the following qualifications:
(1) Both partners were at least eighteen (18) years of age
and were mentally competent to contract;
(2) Neither partner was married to anyone else;
(3) Partners were not related by blood to a degree which
would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island;
(4) Partners resided together and had resided together for at
least one year at the time of death; and
(5) Partners were financially interdependent as evidenced by
at least two (2) of the following:
(i) Domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract;
(ii) Joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence;
(iii) Two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B)
joint checking account; (C) joint credit account; (D) joint lease; and/or
(iv) The domestic partner had been designated as a
beneficiary for the decedent's will, retirement contract or life insurance.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 4.)
