ONCALL
...Family Law
......Domestic Partners
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • A foreign domestic partnership which is not “substantially equivalent” to a CA domestic partnership cannot be dissolved in CA and is not recognized for purposes of property and support.
  • A s/p contribution to the acquisition of a c/p asset entitles the separatizer to reimbursement, not a pro rata share of the appreciation.
  • A party who has litigated and lost an issue at trial is not required to reassert an objection to the merits of the trial ct.’s decision by way of an objection to a PSOD in order to preserve the objection for appeal.