Whether you live in Tampa, St. Pete, Orlando, Sarasota, Ocala, Orlando, Lakeland, or New Port Richey, consult with a Florida lawyer and have them draft a Last Will & Testament for you and make sure it is executed properly and is self-proving.  If you want your domestic partner to inherit your property you better say so in an error-free typewritten document which is properly executed and which does not include any hand-written changes post-document execution.  There is a very good reason why many notary publics no longer notarize last wills, powers of attorney and other important legal documents.  There are simply too many things which can be overlooked and create potential challenges.  Your last will may be the only document which survives your death and your domestic partner will need to rely on it.  You will no longer be around to interpret it.

Be very careful when appointing someone as your Attorney in Fact.  Consider a Springing Durable Power of Attorney to prevent anyone from having power unless and until you are incapacitated.  The person you give this power to (most often your domestic partner) will have the legal authority to initiate litigation on your behalf if someone's improper actions placed you in a coma.

Don't let lawyers litigate your life and death wishes for decades like we saw with Terri Schiavo.  Make sure your living will specifies why your domestic partner supercedes biological family members from making those decisions for you.

Allow your partner to speak with your doctors by executing a clearly drafted Healthcare Surrogate Designation so they can visit you in the hospital and can have access to your medical records as well as consult with your doctors.

If you answered yes then it is in your best interest to hire a professional to draft a domestic  partnership or cohabitation agreement for you.  If you are in a coma, how will your domestic / life partner prove that money or other jointly titled property is at least half theirs?  What if your domestic partner who is now in a coma earned most of the jointly held property?  If a Florida Court appoints a biological family member as your legal guardian how will the noncomatose domestic / life partner secure at least half the jointly owned property?  They could end up homeless.

Caring partners execute partnership agreements understanding that lack of trust of their partner is not the motivating factor.  If you have been married in a state where gay marriage is legal make sure to tell your lawyer.  

If one of you has minor kids (known or unknown) and you own Florida homestead property titled as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship it's time to see a lawyer.  You do not want to find out after your Life Partner's death that the homestead property which says with full rights of survivorship does not mean what you thought it meant.  Florida's Constitution may prevent you from inheriting the property you helped pay for.  

Protect your pets if both of you are no longer able to care for them.  Many persons who have lost or are losing their homes are also abandoning their pets.  If you can no longer care for them ask a friend who is able to care for them to take over for you rather than burden the government which is already overwhelmed with unplanned abandonment.  Make sure your wishes are clearly in writing.     

Regardless of gender or marital status many couples in the United States call it quits.

Make sure your kids don't suffer.  Remember that they are usually very close to both of you.  Even if the two of you can no longer work it out that does not mean the kids should lose a very loved family member.  Co-parenting agreements keep you out of the court system and spell out your wishes that your kids should not suffer the loss of friendship of either one of you even if the Life Partners break up.

Jonas can not tell you how many times he sees coparenting agreements drafted in other states or drafted pro se (without lawyers) which simply can not be enforced in Florida.  Jonas will not recommend the enforcement of a co-parenting agreement with same gender couples through formal legal action in a Florida courtroom.  On the other hand, if your agreement provides for mandatory mediation or arbitration, enforcement may not be out of the question.  Make sure you speak with a lawyer who works with such issues on a regular basis.