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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 27, 2008

Protecting Partnerships

A recent 4th District decision is reflective of the progressive movement in our midst as well as progress to come in the future, write Stacy D. Phillips and Jacqueline Shaprow. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Stacy D. Phillips and Jacqueline Shaprow
This article appears on Page 4

      The May 6, 2008, decision by the 4th District Court of Appeal in the case of In re the Domestic Partnership of Darrin Ellis and David James Arriaga enabled unregistered domestic partners to enjoy the legal status of putative spouses. Putative spouses by definition are not legally married; nevertheless, since putative s...

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