The language is clear: there is no distinction in the law anymore between “domestic partnerships” and marriages in California. Does this mean everyone with a domestic partnership is nor married (and vice versa)? And what effect will this have on the status under federal laws in light of comity, DOMA, etc.?
I can’t answer all of those questions, of course.
But notwithstanding a ballot initiative that doesn’t face favorable terrain this fall, this is now the law, and, so, just in case you were not already doing this, treat domstic partners as spouses.
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Just wondering — does this now mean that CA companies must cover domestic partnerships through insurance benefits? If so, are the insurance companies cooperating with that?
- Amy Gahran
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