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As of 2015, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia legally recognize and document same-sex relationships in some fashion, be it by same-sex marriage, civil union or domestic partnerships. Many counties and municipalities outside of these states also provide domestic partnership registries or civil unions which are not officially ...
The cities of Flagstaff, [60] Phoenix, [61] Scottsdale, [61] Tempe, [61] and Tucson, [61] along with Pima County, [61] offer domestic partnership benefits to same-sex couples. The city of Mesa recognizes the domestic partners of city employees for various benefits provided that they "have executed a domestic partner affidavit satisfactory to ...
In 1982, a domestic partnership law was adopted and passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, but Dianne Feinstein, mayor of San Francisco at the time, came under intense pressure from the Catholic Church and subsequently vetoed the bill. Not until 1989 was a domestic partnership law adopted in the city of San Francisco. [11]
For example, a higher-earning individual in a domestic partnership would have to pay higher premiums than their partner, which in a marriage might be easier to avoid if the couple’s combined ...
When conventional married couples go through divorce or the death of one of the spouses, it can be complicated to sort out the financial and tax issues. Same-sex couples who are not married do not ...
In November 2006, Arizona voters rejected Proposition 107, which would have banned same-sex marriage and any legal status similar to marriage (such as civil unions or domestic partnerships). Two years later, however, Arizona voters approved a less restrictive Proposition 102 which amended the Constitution to ban the recognition of same-sex ...
The IRS doesn’t recognize domestic partners or civil unions that aren’t marriages under state law. That means you can’t file a federal return saying you’re married filing separately or ...
The rights afforded include access to city services and rights created by city ordinances. Some private employers within such cities use the domestic partnership registries for the purpose of determining employee eligibility for domestic partner benefits. [9] Six U.S. states and the District of Columbia have some form of domestic partnership.