Domestic Partnership

Domestic Partnership Attorney – San Jose, CA
 
Domestic partnerships are legally recognized unions between two adults who are living together and are not legally married through a civil contract or marriage certificate. Although not the same thing as legally-defined marriage, domestic partnerships provide many of the legal benefits of marriage to cohabitating partners. Our San Jose domestic partnership attorney can help you understand the laws around domestic partnerships and make the best decision for you and your family.

Domestic partnerships are officially established when the Secretary of State receives a Declaration of Domestic Partnership from an eligible couple. The Secretary of State will then send a copy of the declaration and a Certificate of Registration of Domestic Partnership to the newly registered domestic partners. For questions regarding setting up a domestic partnership or establishing a “pre-nuptial” style agreement prior to the establishment of a domestic partnership (in case of dissolution), it is best to contact our domestic partnership lawyer in San Jose for aid in appropriately drafting these documents.

Benefits
 
The current California domestic partnership laws allow same-sex couples and heterosexual couples over the age of 65 many of the same state-level rights as married couples, including the right to make healthcare decisions, access health insurance, child custody, access to survivor pension benefits, and community property rights. For a complete understanding of all the rights and benefits of a domestic partnership, it is best to employ Ahluwalia Law P.C., a well-known San Jose Domestic Partnership attorney firm, to answer any questions that you may have.

Dissolution of a Domestic Partnership
 
Breaking a domestic partnership, sometimes known as “domestic partner divorce,” typically requires the services of a domestic partnership lawyer in San Jose as this dissolution requires any community property held by the two people formerly in the partnership to be divided equally among both partners. In addition to this, California calls for the dissolved partnership to resolve child custody, visitation, and support issues at that time.