In re the Domestic Partnership of Himler

This is an action for distribution of property following the end of a domestic partnership. The parties lived together for 16 years and had four children together. When the relationship ended, petitioner and the parties’ children remained in the home in which the parties had been living, and respondent moved into another house that the parties owned. Petitioner brought this action seeking division of the property. The trial court found that the parties had intended to share all of their property equally, and it therefore awarded petitioner half of the value in the two pieces of real property…