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A Proactive Approach Toward Estate Planning

Some states have legalized same-sex marriage while others recognize or grant certain rights to same-sex couples. The issue is critical and hotly debated because marriage confers certain benefits under state and federal law that are generally denied to same-sex couples. Many of these protections and benefits pertain to estate planning.

13 minute read September 29, 2009 at 11:56 AM
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Linda L. Snelling
A Proactive Approach Toward Estate Planning

Some states, such as Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, have legalized same-sex marriage while others ' like Maine, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii ' recognize or grant certain rights to same-sex couples.

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