Konou v. Wilson

Opinion

LAMBDEN, J.

In 2006, Dr. Philip Timothy Wilson and Antipas Johnlang Konou executed a “Pre Registration Domestic Partnership Agreement” (the domestic partnership agreement or the agreement) and then registered as domestic partners. The agreement included waivers of any rights, claims or interest in the future property, income, or estate of the other, and required a signed writing to amend or terminate this agreement. A couple of years later, in 2008, Wilson and Konou married during the brief period that same-sex marriages were legal in California. Shortly thereafter, Wilson died.

Konou…