The California Supreme Court ruled last week that registered domestic partners have the same property tax benefits as heterosexual spouses. This means that if registered domestic partners own a home, and one inherits the home from the other, they are entitled to the same protection from a property tax reassessment as a married couple.
Several county assessors fought a decision made by a Sacramento judge in 2005, and appealed first to the appeals court and then to the State Supreme Court. They were unsuccessful.