The Courts have spoken and same-sex marrriages in California are on hold...again. The matter is going to have to wind its way through the court system but it looks like it may have been fast-tracked so that a decision by December is possible.
Until the law is settled, California still affords same sex couples multiple legal rights closely akin to marital rights through Domestic Partner registration and also through the potential recognition of similar "relationships" entered into in other states.
If you are in a same sex relationship and need to understand your legal options concerning support, property rights or custody of children, the law does address those in the California Family Code Section 297 and following. You can see those statutes at:
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/cacode/FAM/1/d2.5/1/s297
Thursday 19 August 2010
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