Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Two of the four county clerk offices that will staff registries are in Clearwater. The filing fee will be $50, less for couples already registered in Pinellas County cities.
Pinellas County will launch a countywide domestic partnership registration starting April 15. Four Offices of the County Clerk – two in Clearwater and two in St. Petersburg – will register domestic partners in Pinellas County. The countywide domestic partner registry is “an important service for our citizens, which reflects our community’s values of fairness and equality,” said Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kenneth T. Welch, in a press release. Domestic partnership registrations recognize adult couples that include same sex partners. Registrations will be accepted at the following Clerk of the Circuit Court offices during regular office hours, starting April 15: The filing fee for registering as domestic partners is $50, although …
Friday, June 8, 2012
A domestic partner registry that grants couples living together certain medical and educational decision making rights got final unanimous approval from city leaders Thursday.
A domestic partner registry is coming to Clearwater after city leaders gave final unanimous approval creating it at their meeting Thursday. It should take about 60 days to get it up and running. The ordinance is modeled after ones passed by Tampa and Gulfport, which is the first Pinellas County city to create one. The St. Petersburg City Council passed their own ordinance creating a registry earlier in the day. After registering with the city, partners would have a say in decisions regarding: health care facility visitation, health care decisions including those concerning physical and mental health, funeral and burial decisions, pre-need guardian designation, and participation in education. The ordinance requires the clerk to maintain an…
Friday, May 18, 2012
City leaders unanimously approved creating a domestic partner registry that grants certain medical, education and visitation rights.
After a brief discussion, city leaders unanimously approved creating a domestic partner registry that grants certain medical, education and visitation rights for applicants. The City Council will vote once more on creating the registry at its June 7 meeting. It is similar to ones already passed in Tampa and Gulfport. After registering with the city, the partners would have a say in decisions regarding: health care facility visitation, health care decisions including those concerning physical and mental health, funeral and burial decisions, pre-need guardian designation, and participation in education. The ordinance requires the clerk to maintain an online searchable database of the registered partners. Applicants will have to pay $30 to…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Registered domestic partners will be granted certain medical, education and visitation rights under the ordinance being considered by city leaders.
More Americans are living together and they are not married. According to the most recent Census information, 5.9 percent of households said they lived this way. That is up from 5.2 percent in 2000. In Clearwater, those numbers are even higher. According to that same information, 7.5 percent of residents identify themselves as unmarried partner households, up from 6.2 percent in 2000. With empirical information like this, city leaders are looking to create a domestic partner registry that would allow these unmarried people certain rights pertaining to health care, education and visitation. “I think it’s the right thing for us to do,” Mayor George N. Cretekos said during discussion of creating the ordinance at a city work session meeting a …
Mashed Potatos
1:06 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Mom in Clearwater is correct. If proper documents are in place stating the reciprocal wishes of same sex partners in their personal affairs, they will have legal authority to manage and direct others in the care and welfare of their partner. This is no different than with a married couple. Consequently, that our local governments congratulates itself for conferring that which already exists, is … more ›