[§572C-6]  Rights and obligations.  Upon
the issuance of a certificate of reciprocal beneficiary relationship, the
parties named in the certificate shall be entitled to those rights and
obligations provided by the law to reciprocal beneficiaries.  Unless otherwise
expressly provided by law, reciprocal beneficiaries shall not have the same
rights and obligations under the law that are conferred through marriage under
chapter 572. [L 1997, c 383, pt of §1]