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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