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DIVISION 2.5. DOMESTIC PARTNER REGISTRATION 297-299.6›PART 3. TERMINATION 299-299.3

§ 299.2

California Family Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A legal union of two persons of the same sex, other than a marriage, that was validly formed in another jurisdiction, and that is substantially equivalent to a domestic partnership as defined in this part, shall be recognized as a valid domestic partnership in this state regardless of whether it bears the name domestic partnership.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 421, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2004. Operative January 1, 2005, by Sec. 14 of Ch. 421.)

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