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Section 521.1
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521.1. A civil union is a commitment by two persons 18 years of age or over who express their free and enlightened consent to share a community of life and to uphold the rights and obligations that derive from that status.
A civil union may only be contracted between persons who are free from any previous bond of marriage or civil union and who in relation to each other are neither an ascendant or a descendant, nor a brother or a sister.
521.1. A civil union is a commitment by two persons 18 years of age or over who express their free and enlightened consent to live together and to uphold the rights and obligations that derive from that status.
A civil union may only be contracted between persons who are free from any previous bond of marriage or civil union and who in relation to each other are neither an ascendant or a descendant, nor a brother or a sister.
