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A domestic partnership shall end as follows:

A. When the Partnership Ends. A domestic partnership ends when:

1. One partner sends the other a written notice that he or she has ended the partnership; or

2. One of the partners dies; or

3. One of the partners marries; or

4. The partners no longer live together.

B. Notice the Partnership Has Ended.

1. To domestic partners. When a domestic partnership ends for a reason other than the death of one of the partners, at least one of the partners must sign a notice saying that the partnership has ended. The notice must be dated and signed under penalty of perjury. A copy of the notice must be filed with the city clerk within thirty days of the end of the domestic partnership, who shall attach it to the original declaration. The person who signs the notice must send a copy to the other partner by mail, or deliver it in person.

2. To third parties. When a domestic partnership ends, a domestic partner, who has given a copy of a declaration of domestic partnership to any third party in order to qualify for any financial benefit (or, if that partner has died, the surviving member of the domestic partnership), must give that third party a notice signed under penalty of perjury stating the partnership has ended. The notice must be sent within sixty days of the end of the domestic partnership.

3. Failure to give notice. Failure to give either of the notices required by this subsection will neither prevent nor delay ending the domestic partnership. Anyone who suffers any loss as a result of failure to send either of these notices, may sue the partner who was obliged to send it for actual loss engendered by the failure to receive notice that the domestic partnership has been terminated.

(Ord. 2089 NCS §2 (part), 1999.)