Fam. Code, § 297 · Part 1. DEFINITIONS
Fam. Code, § 297
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Domestic partners are two adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring.
(b) A domestic partnership shall be established in California when both persons file a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State pursuant to this division, and, at the time of filing, all of the following requirements are met:
(1) Neither person is married to someone else or is a member of another domestic partnership with someone else that has not been terminated, dissolved, or adjudged a nullity.
(2) The two persons are not related by blood in a way that would prevent them from being married to each other in this state.
(3) Both persons are at least 18 years of age, except as provided in Section 297.1.
(4) Both persons are capable of consenting to the domestic partnership.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. (SB 30) Effective January 1, 2020.
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Education Code
- Ed. Code, § 22007.5Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
- Ed. Code, § 22171Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
- Ed. Code, § 24300.1Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
- Ed. Code, § 25011.1Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
- Ed. Code, § 25018.1Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
- Ed. Code, § 26002.5Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
- Ed. Code, § 26140Printed as Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code
Family Code
Health and Safety Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1261Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1357.500Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1357.600Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1374.58Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1399.845Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1399.849Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
Insurance Code
- Ins. Code, § 10121.7Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Ins. Code, § 10752Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Ins. Code, § 10753Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Ins. Code, § 10755Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Ins. Code, § 10965Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Ins. Code, § 10965.3Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
Probate Code
Revenue and Taxation Code
Unemployment Insurance Code
- Unemp. Ins. Code, § 1030Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Unemp. Ins. Code, § 1032Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Unemp. Ins. Code, § 1256Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Unemp. Ins. Code, § 3302Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Unemp. Ins. Code, § 3701Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
- Unemp. Ins. Code, § 4701Printed as Section 297 of the Family Code
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