Unmarried Archives - Lars Kushner

March 30, 2026

Your Family Doesn’t Fit in a Box — Your Estate Plan Shouldn’t Either

Your Family Doesn’t Fit in a Box — Your Estate Plan Shouldn’t Either Picture this: Your partner of 15 years is in the hospital, unconscious. The doctor needs to know whether to proceed with a risky surgery. You step forward — and are turned away. Not because you don’t love […]

March 13, 2026

You’ve Built a Life Together. The Law Doesn’t Know That.

They know your coffee order. They’ve sat with you through every hard thing. You’ve shared a home, built savings, maybe raised children or pets or both. You’ve been together longer than most marriages last. But in the eyes of California law, if you’re not legally married, your partner is a […]