§ 30-22-6 — § 30-22-6. Domestic partner defined.

Rhode Island § 30-22-6

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 30: Military Affairs and Defense
• Ch. 30-22: Extension of Veterans’ Benefits

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§ 30-22-6. Domestic partner defined.

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 that 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.

Legislative History

P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 10; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 44.