Can We Get There from Here? California’s New Civil Union Law Picks a Destination But Leaves the Roadmap on the Kitchen Counter

4 Pages Posted: 30 Apr 2010

Date Written: October 1, 2003

Abstract

California's new civil union law was intended to extend to registered domestic partners “the same rights, protections, and benefits” as those granted to spouses. Once this legislation becomes effective, California domestic partners will benefit from more state law protection than is afforded by any other state except Vermont.

Suggested Citation

Powell, Mark, Can We Get There from Here? California’s New Civil Union Law Picks a Destination But Leaves the Roadmap on the Kitchen Counter (October 1, 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1597990 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1597990

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