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Colorado governor signs same-sex civil unions bill
March 22, 2013 by Addison Morris
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on Thursday signed the "Colorado Civil Union Act," which will allow civil unions for same-sex couples in the state. The legislation explicitly provides same-sex couples with many of the benefits held by married couples, including dependent insurance coverage and.... [more]
Vermont House approves health care for same-sex spouses
March 18, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
Vermont's House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would require out-of-state employers to provide the same health care coverage to same-sex couples as employees with an opposite-sex spouse. The bill was approved almost unanimously in a 139-5 vote. Under the new bill, Vermont.... [more]
Germany court allows same-sex parents to adopt partners' non-biological children
February 19, 2013 by Elie Freedman
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany on Tuesday ruled that same-sex couples in a civil union can legally adopt the non-biological children of their partners. The challenge to the existing adoption rules was brought by a woman who was denied permission to adopt a Bulgarian girl previously.... [more]
Canada top court: Quebec common law couples do not have rights of married couples
January 25, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that common law couples do not have the same rights as married couple in Quebec. The case involves a common law couple with three children in which the mother filed suit for spousal support, "partition of the family patrimony and the legal matrimonial.... [more]
Poland lawmakers reject proposed civil union legislation
January 25, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
Lawmakers for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland on Friday dismissed three pieces of proposed legislation that would have given restricted legal rights to unmarried same-sex and opposite-sex couples by way of civil union. The legislation collectively sought to grant unmarried couples a means of.... [more]
South Africa high court ruled that same-sex marriages must be recognized [this day at law]
December 1, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On December 1, 2005, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying, giving Parliament one year to amend the 1961 Marriage Act. To comply with the ruling, the South African legislature enacted the Civil Union Act, requiring that.... [more]
Federal court rejects challenge to Hawaii same-sex marriage prohibition
August 10, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
The US District Court for the District of Hawaii on Wednesday denied a state law challenge brought by a lesbian couple who seek to be married rather than enter into a civil union. Natasha Jackson and Janin Kleid filed the lawsuit in December, claiming they are being denied the "fundamental right".... [more]
Germany constitutional court grants equal tax benefits to same-sex couples
August 8, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany on Wednesday ruled that homosexual couples in a civil union should receive the same tax benefits as heterosexual married couples. The court held that with regard to land transfer tax, gay couples should enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples and.... [more]
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules Vermont civil union equivalent to marriage
July 26, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled Thursday that an individual who is party to a Vermont civil union must first dissolve that civil union before entering into a marriage with a different person in Massachusetts. The case concerns Richard Elia, who in 2005 discovered in the middle.... [more]
Rhode Island governor signed same-sex civil unions bill [this day at law]
July 2, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On July 2, 2011, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law H6103, which legalized same-sex unions in the state. The bill, modeled on bills already passed in Illinois, Delaware and Hawaii, defines a civil union as a "legal union between two individuals of the same sex" who are consenting.... [more]
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