[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Harrisburg 12-22-2008 by Ord. No.
13-2008. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Life partnership declarants shall make an official record of their
relationship by executing a declaration of life partnership on the
form prescribed by the City.
B.
The declaration must include a statement that the persons are in
a relationship of mutual support and caring and are responsible for
each other's welfare.
C.
The declaration must include a statement that the declarants agree
to file a termination of the relationship if there is a change in
the status of their relationship such that they cease to meet the
criteria for registration on the Life Partnership Registry.
D.
The sworn declaration shall include the date on which the life partnership registration was made, the mailing address of both declarants, and the notarized signatures of both declarants. The declaration shall further state that the declarants meet all the criteria for the Life Partnership Registry set forth in § 4-201.3.
E.
The City shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the information
provided by the individuals filing the declaration of life partnership
if the documents provided appear to be valid on their face.
F.
In the event the City Clerk denies the request for life partner registration,
the declarants may immediately appeal this adverse decision to the
Harrisburg Human Relations Commission.
Life partnership ends for purposes of registration on the Life
Partnership Registry when:
A.
Either of the declarants dies; or
B.
One or both declarants execute and file a notice of termination, on a form prescribed by the City, stating that one or more of the criteria listed in § 4-201.3 no longer applies. If only one of the declarants executes the notice of termination, the City Clerk shall send a copy of the notice of termination to the other declarant at his or her last known address of record, which shall be deemed sufficient notice of said termination and shall take effect 30 days after the declarant executes the notice of termination. This requirement does not apply if the termination of the life partnership is due to the death of one of the declarants.
A.
The City Clerk's office will keep a record of all declarations
of life partnership and of all notices of termination of a life partnership.
All information contained in a declaration of life partnership or
notice of termination shall be open to public inspection.
B.
The fee for filing a declaration of life partnership shall be $25,
which entitles the persons filing the declaration of life partnership
to two certified copies of the official declaration. Additional certified
copies will be available at a cost of $5 each. Fees may be adjusted
by resolution.
C.
No fee will be charged for filing a notice of termination.
D.
An amendment to a declaration may be filed by a declarant with the
City Clerk's office at any time to show a change in his or her
mailing address or a legal name change, to correct clerical errors,
to add a dependent child of a declarant, or for any other applicable
reason. The record will be maintained so that amendments and notices
of termination are filed with the declaration of life partnership
to which they apply. No fee will be charged for filing an amendment
to a declaration. Only a party to a registered life partnership may
apply to amend the declaration. Applications to amend a declaration
must be supported by documentary evidence regarding the change and
signed and acknowledged by both declarants.
