§ 27-27. Termination of registered domestic partnership relationship.

(a)

Either partner to a registered domestic partnership relationship may terminate such relationship by filing a notarized affidavit of termination of domestic partnership relationship with the county clerk. Upon the payment of the required fee, the county clerk shall file the affidavit and within ten (10) days will issue a certificate of termination of domestic partnership relationship to each partner of the former relationship. The termination shall become effective upon issuance of the certificate.

(b)

Automatic termination. A registered domestic partnership shall automatically terminate upon notice to the county clerk of the following events:

(1)

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

(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 relationship within ten (10) days of one (1) of the occurrences listed in subsections (b)(1)—(3) above.

(Ord. No. 2016-75, § 1, 8-8-16)