Sec. 4. 18-A MRSA §1-201, sub-§(20), as amended by PL 1979, c. 690, §3, is further amended to read:

(20) "Interested person" includes heirs, devisees, children, spouses, domestic partners, creditors, beneficiaries and any others having a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent, ward or protected person which that may be affected by the proceeding. It also includes persons having priority for appointment as personal representative, and other fiduciaries representing interested persons. In any proceeding or hearing under Article V, 5 affecting a trust estate or estate, when the ward or protected person has received benefits from the Veterans Administration within 3 years, the Administator administrator of Veterans Affairs of the United States shall be is an "interested person." The meaning as it relates to particular persons may vary from time to time and must be determined according to the particular purposes of, and matter involved in, any proceeding.

Sec. 5. 18-A MRSA §1-201, sub-§(36-A) is enacted to read:

(36-A) "Registered domestic partners" means domestic partners who are registered in accordance with Title 22, section 2710.

Sec. 6. 18-A MRSA §2-102, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

§2-102. Share of spouse or registered domestic partner

The intestate share of the surviving spouse or surviving registered domestic partner is:

(1) If there is no surviving issue or parent of the decedent, the entire intestate estate:;

(2) If there is no surviving issue but the decedent is survived by a parent or parents, the first $50,000, plus 1/2 of the balance of the intestate estate;

(3) If there are surviving issue all of whom are issue of the surviving spouse or surviving registered domestic partner