Domestic Partnership Benefits
Posted By Claery & Green on Jul 15, 2010 8:00am PDT
If you are involved in a same-sex relationship or are 62 years of age or older, you should know that here are numerous domestic partnership benefits in the state of California. Some of the benefits include:
§ the ability to use step-parent adoption procedures. Domestic partners that are registered have the ability to go through the same adoption proceedings as those used by step-parents.
§ the ability to have child custody of children of domestic partners. If parents are registered as domestic partners, the laws of California assume that domestic partners are parents.
§ the ability to make medical decisions for your partner and the right to visit your domestic partner in the hospital.
§ the ability to inherit property if your domestic partner dies before he or she has created a will.
§ the ability to use sick leave to care for a domestic partner or even a domestic partner's child.
These are just some of the many benefits that domestic partners get to enjoy. If you would like to learn more about domestic partnership and your rights, contact a Los Angeles family law attorney!