§ 57.82. 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 City Clerk. Upon the payment of the required fee, the City Clerk shall file the affidavit and issue a certificate of termination of domestic partnership relationship to each partner of the former relationship. The termination shall become effective ten (10) days from the date the certificate of termination is issued.

(b)

Automatic termination. A registered domestic partnership shall automatically terminate upon notice to the City 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 relationship within ten (10) days of one of the occurrences listed in subsections (b)1—3 above.

(Ord. No. 2011-54, § 1, 12-12-2011, Doc. #1112121202)