Second Parent Adoption
California domestic partnership law is an evolving area that requires constant attention and an experienced legal counselor. Because same-sex marriage and domestic partnership law is unsettled throughout the country, there are a variety of issues that may come up in any relationship that require the guidance of a competent attorney.
Pondel Law is very involved in the dynamic, changing legal environment of domestic partnership law. Domestic partnership includes registered same-sex couples, couples who cohabitate, opposite-sex couples over the age of 65 or those who choose to co-parent a child or children.
Pondel Law can assist you with:
- Domestic partnership registration and name change
- Domestic partnership agreements (similar to pre-marital agreements) that address the financial rights and responsibilities of each spouse
- Domestic partner's rights
- Co-parenting plans
- Adoption
- Domestic partner adoption (aka Second Parent or Step Parent Adoption)
- Assisted reproduction
- Estate planning for domestic partners
- Domestic partnership dissolution
- Collaborative dissolution
- Property division
- Debt division
- Spousal support
- Child support
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