(1) The spouse or domestic partner of the incapacitated person;

Sec. 10. 18-A MRSA §5-410, sub-§(a), ¶(3), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

(3) The spouse or domestic partner of the protected person;

Sec. 11. 22 MRSA §2843-A, sub-§1, ¶B-1 is enacted to read:

B-1.__"Domestic partner" has the same meaning as in Title 18-A, section 1-201, sub-§(10-A).

Sec. 12. 22 MRSA §2843-A, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 609, §1, is amended to read:

D. "Next of kin" means a person having the following relationship to the subject, in the following order of priority:

(1) The spouse or domestic partner;

(2) An adult son or daughter;

(3) A parent;

(4) An adult brother or sister;

(5) An adult grandchild;

(6) An adult niece or nephew who is the child of a brother or sister;

(7) A maternal grandparent;

(8) A paternal grandparent;

(9) An adult aunt or uncle;

(10) An adult first cousin; or

(11) Any other adult relative in descending order of blood relationship.

Sec. 13. 22 MRSA §2843-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 609, §1, is amended to read: