Marriage G.C. v. R.W.

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INTRODUCTION

R.W. appeals from a judgment of dissolution of his marriage with his former husband, respondent, G.C.1 R.W. raises numerous claims on appeal, two of which we address in published portions of this opinion. First, R.W. claims that the trial court erred in determining that the parties' date of union was in 2009 when the parties married, rather than in 2004, when they entered into a domestic partnership under New Jersey law. R.W. contends that the parties' New Jersey domestic partnership is "substantially equivalent" ( Fam. Code, § 299.2 )2 to a California domestic partnership such…