California Family Code section 297 states, “domestic partners are two adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring.” California law regarding domestic partnerships now affords registered domestic partners almost all of the same rights and responsibilities previously allowed only to married couples, including marital property rights, spousal support, child support and child custody and visitation.
Jaffe and Clemens has the experience to handle your domestic partnership questions and protect your assets and holdings through the proper structuring of your estate. Our in-house accounting team, coupled with a deep understanding of tax law, will help to keep your wealth intact. We can help you with agreements before you enter into a domestic partnership. We also can provide you with effective representation in dissolving a registered domestic partnership, whether entered into in California or in another locale.
We will walk you through the legal questions regarding domestic partnership, the tax implications, as well as the medical and financial responsibilities that may or may not change through a domestic partnership registration and agreement.