Notice required by subsection (a) to any person serving as a guardian, or conservator or who has a person's care and custody shall must be served by certified mail, with restricted delivery and return receipt requested.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, notice shall must be given as prescribed by court rule under section 1-401.

Sec. 11. 18-A MRSA §5-311, sub-§(b), ¶(2-A) is enacted to read:

(2-A)__The domestic partner of the incapacitated person;

Sec. 12. 18-A MRSA §5-311, sub-§(c), ¶(1-A) is enacted to read:

(1-A)__The domestic partner of the incapacitated person;

Sec. 13. 18-A MRSA §5-404, sub-§(a), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

(a) The person to be protected, any person who is interested in his the estate, affairs or welfare of the person to be protected including his the parent, guardian, or custodian, or domestic partner of the person to be protected or any person who would be adversely affected by lack of effective management of his the property and affairs of the person to be protected may petition for the appointment of a conservator or for other appropriate protective order.

Sec. 14. 18-A MRSA §5-405, sub-§(a-1), as enacted by PL 1985, c. 656, §4, is amended to read:

(a-1) The spouse or domestic partner and all adult children of the person to be protected or the protected person or, if none, the person's parents or closest adult relative or, if none, a friend must be given notice of the proceeding. Notice under this subsection shall must be served by certified mail, restricted delivery and return receipt requested, at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.