§ 12-122. Termination of registered domestic partnership.

(a)

Either partner to a registered domestic partnership may terminate such registration by filing a notarized affidavit of termination of domestic partnership registration with the clerk. Upon the payment of the required fee, the clerk shall file the affidavit and issue a certificate of termination of the domestic partnership to each partner of the former partnership. The termination shall become effective ten (10) days from the date the certificate of termination is issued.

(b)

A registered domestic partnership will automatically terminate upon notice to the clerk of the following events:

(1)

One (or both) of the domestic partners marries in Florida;

(2)

One of the domestic partners dies (provided however, the provisions relating to funeral and burial decisions shall survive); or

(3)

One of the domestic partners registers with another partner.

The marrying, surviving or re-registering domestic partner(s) shall file an affidavit terminating the domestic partnership within ten (10) days of one of the occurrences listed in subsections (b)(1) through (3) above.

(Ord. No. 2012-37, § 4, 4-5-2012; Ord. No. 2015-23, § 3, 3-5-2015)