MacGREGOR v. UNEMPLOYMENT INS. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. S.F. 24706.

37 Cal.3d 205 (1984)

689 P.2d 453

207 Cal. Rptr. 823

PATRICIA MacGREGOR, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE APPEALS BOARD, Defendant and Appellant; EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Charlton G. Holland and Asher Rubin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

Robert J. Shull and Cynthia L. Rice for Plaintiff and Respondent.

No appearance for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

When a worker leaves her employment to accompany her "nonmarital partner" to another state in order to maintain the familial relationship they have established with their child does she voluntarily leave work with good cause within the meaning of the statute governing eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits? We left open the possibility that a claimant might show good cause in such circumstances when we...

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