RCW 11.68.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 34.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.68 - Settlement of Estates Without Administration.
11.68.011 - Settlement without court intervention—Petition—Conditions—Exceptions.
11.68.021 - Hearing on petition for nonintervention powers.
11.68.041 - Petition for nonintervention powers—Notice requirements—Exceptions.
11.68.050 - Objections to granting of nonintervention powers—Restrictions.
11.68.070 - Procedure when personal representative recreant to trust or subject to removal.
11.68.085 - Nonintervention powers—Generally.
11.68.095 - Co-personal representatives—Powers.
11.68.100 - Closing of estate—Alternative decrees—Notice—Hearing—Fees.
11.68.120 - Nonintervention powers not deemed waived by obtaining order or decree.
11.68.130 - Power to construe and interpret will.
11.68.140 - Party to transactions—Presumption of necessity.
11.68.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.