New Challenge To Calif. Gay Partner Law

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/082105calPartner.htm

Less than two months after the California Supreme Court allowed the state's sweeping domestic partner law to stand a new legal challenge has been filed.

While conservative Christian groups opposed to gay marriage had battled the law in general, the new challenge targets only one section of the law.

The lawsuit was filed by a Northern California tax assessor who maintains that the provision in the partnership law that allows the estates of gays who die without a will to go to their registered domestic partners is illegal.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

1. An interesting argument

Stupid, but interesting. He's arguing, in essence, that the CA legislature can't amend its own laws (Yeah, that'll fly, he said sarcastically).

Note he previously filed against it and had his case thrown out, so he refiled in a different county.

Still, this should serve as a wakeup call that GLBTs should make sure they have effective estate planning done.