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More on Same-Sex Relationships

By Larry A. Ginsberg
November 29, 2004

The recent developments in the creation and recognition of relationships among same-sex couples have developed a momentum which, like it or not – the recent laws passed by 13 states banning gay marriage, notwithstanding – must be recognized and understood by family lawyers and other related practitioners in the areas of tax, estate planning, adoption, and other financial and interpersonal disciplines. See Wilson R: The Changing and Conflicting State of Same-Sex Marriage. The Matrimonial Strategist, November 2004.

Like a snowball gathering speed and mass as it rolls down the hill, the body of law regarding same-sex relationships is developing and becoming significantly more intertwined in the day-to-day practices of a wide variety of legal and financial practitioners. The inevitable conclusion appears to be that the same rights and responsibilities afforded to straight couples shall be afforded to gay couples.

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