California Family Code

§ 298.6

FAM § 298.6 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 2.5 · Part 2

Statute text

(a)Parties to a registered domestic partnership shall not be required to have the same name. Neither party shall be required to change their name. A person’s name shall not change upon registration as a domestic partner unless that person elects to change their name pursuant to subdivision (b).

(b)(1) One party or both parties to a registered domestic partnership may elect to change the middle or last names by which that party wishes to be known after registration of the domestic partnership by entering the new name in the space provided on the Declaration of Domestic Partnership form without intent to defraud.

(2)A person may adopt any of the following middle or last names pursuant to paragraph (1):

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 135, Sec. 5. (SB 30) Effective January 1, 2020.