26.60.070 – Patient visitation.
RCW 26.60.070 Patient visitation. A patient’s state registered domestic partner shall have the same rights as a spouse with respect to visitation of the patient in a health care facility as defined in RCW 48.43.005. [ 2007 c 156 § 8.]
26.60.080 – Community property rights—Date of application.
RCW 26.60.080 Community property rights—Date of application. Any community property rights of domestic partners established by chapter 6, Laws of 2008 shall apply from the date of the initial registration of the domestic partnership or June 12, 2008, whichever is later. [ 2008 c 6 § 601.]
26.60.090 – Reciprocity.
RCW 26.60.090 Reciprocity. A legal union, other than a marriage, of two persons that was validly formed in another jurisdiction, and that is substantially equivalent to a domestic partnership under this chapter, shall be recognized as a valid domestic partnership in this state and shall be treated the same as a domestic partnership registered in […]
26.60.100 – Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage.
RCW 26.60.100 Application for marriage—Dissolution of partnership by marriage—Automatic merger of partnership into marriage—Legal date of marriage. (1) Partners in a state registered domestic partnership may apply and receive a marriage license and have such marriage solemnized pursuant to chapter 26.04 RCW, so long as the parties are otherwise eligible to marry, and the parties […]
26.60.900 – Part headings not law—2008 c 6.
RCW 26.60.900 Part headings not law—2008 c 6. Part headings used in this act are not any part of the law. [ 2008 c 6 § 1301.]
26.60.901 – Severability—2008 c 6.
RCW 26.60.901 Severability—2008 c 6. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected. [ 2008 c 6 § 1302.]
26.60.020 – Definitions.
RCW 26.60.020 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “State registered domestic partners” means two adults who meet the requirements for a valid state registered domestic partnership as established by RCW 26.60.030 and who have been issued a certificate of state registered domestic partnership by […]
26.60.025 – Definition—Domestic partnership.
RCW 26.60.025 Definition—Domestic partnership. Whenever the term “domestic partnership” is used in the Revised Code of Washington it shall be defined to mean “state registered domestic partnership” and whenever the term “domestic partner” is used in the Revised Code of Washington it shall be defined to mean “state registered domestic partner.” [ 2008 c 6 […]
26.60.030 – Requirements.
RCW 26.60.030 Requirements. To enter into a state registered domestic partnership the two persons involved must meet the following requirements: (1) Both persons share a common residence; (2) Both persons are at least eighteen years of age and at least one of the persons is sixty-two years of age or older; (3) Neither person is […]
26.60.040 – Registration—Records—Fees.
RCW 26.60.040 Registration—Records—Fees. (1) Two persons desiring to become state registered domestic partners who meet the requirements of RCW 26.60.030 may register their domestic partnership by filing a declaration of state registered domestic partnership with the secretary and paying the filing fee established pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. The declaration must be signed […]