The California Constitution says, "A person may not be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law or denied equal protection of the laws."

The United States Constitution, in the 14th Amendment, likewise says that every one of us is entitled to "equal protection of the laws."

Unmarried couples are typically treated by our government as little more than roommates or friends.

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California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 Takes Effect on January 1, 2005

AB 205

The California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003, commonly known as AB 205, becomes effective on January 1, 2005. AB 205 sweepingly extends to domestic partners most of the same rights and obligations of spouses under California law. It requires that “registered" domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, whether they derive from statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, government policies, common law, or any other provision or sources of law, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses.” Essentially, AB 205 amends references to the term “spouse” in California law to include “domestic partner.” Thus, wherever state law, as it has been broadly defined in AB 205, provides rights or protections to “spouses,” it now affords the same rights to “domestic partners.”

CA State Domestic Partner Forms Here

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The California State Constitution and Family Code still state that marriage is only between a man and a woman; 

In CA, Same sex couples are not allowed to marry and, therefore, can not receive the same State and Federal benefits given to legally married couples.

This can mean a complete loss of both personal and real property rights as well as huge estate and probate taxes when the first partner passes away.

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There are another 1,049 federal rights that marriage grants

There are over 4,600 California state laws that treat people differently based on their marital status.