The unions of marriage and civil partnership ... Concerning inheritance where the deceased has not left a will, married and civil partners are entitled to inherit the entire estate, under the ...

(Most people want both, so they get married by a clergyperson who is also licensed by the state.) "Civil union" is a term invented by the State of Vermont in order to grant all the (statewide) ...

Prior to the creation of civil unions, gay and lesbian couples lacked “a thousand more rights” than married straight couples, Lippert said, no matter how long they had been together.

In addition to federal taxes, other federally dictated rights enjoyed by married couples, such as Social Security survivor benefits, are not necessarily conferred upon partners in a civil union.

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 15 - A bill on relief to the relatives of victims of road and motorway collapses unfairly discriminates between married couples and couples in civil unions, President Sergio ...

No. There is a 72-hour waiting period between getting the license and getting a civil union, equal to the waiting period before getting married. For example, if you obtain your license on February 20, ...

The Union of India also stated that people were free to represent themselves as married or hold ceremonies, it was just that the same were not recognized by the State. While civil unions accord ...

Now that Poland has a new, liberal government, Karolina and Ola are hoping it paves the way for legal status for civil unions ... the same rights that married couples have. We want to have ...

Prior to the creation of civil unions, gay and lesbian couples lacked “a thousand more rights” than married straight couples, Lippert said, no matter how long they had been together.

After years of legal discrimination, Poland's same-sex couples await civil union law WARSAW ... "We want equal rights — the same rights that married couples have. We want to have a legal ...

Lippert and his spouse eventually entered a civil union themselves. They then got married once Vermont legalized what Lippert now calls “full marriage equality.” ...