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Married Same-Sex Marriage Couples and Immigration Update

This past June, the Supreme Court ruled The Defense of Marriage Act, the law preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, unconstitutional. Previously, even with New York and fourteen other states passing laws allowing gay marriage, DOMA had barred the federal government...

Same Sex Marriage Update

If you are married and live in New York or any of the growing number of jurisdictions in the United States that recognize same-sex marriages, the death of Section 3 of DOMA (the Defense Of Marriage Act) means that, if you are a married gay or lesbian couple, you will enjoy all of the rights and...

Legally Married Same Sex Couples May Now File Joint Bankruptcy

Although equal rights for same sex couples still have a long way to go, progress is being made.  Although same sex couples are still not allowed to marry in many states, they can now file bankruptcy.  In order to do so the couple must be legally married in a state or nation that allows gay and...

What the Supreme Court Ruling on DOMA Means for Same Sex Couples?

If you are married and live in New York or any of the other 13 jurisdictions in the United States that recognize same-sex marriages*, the death of Section 3 of DOMA (the Defense Of Marriage Act) means that, if you are a married gay or lesbian couple, you will enjoy all of the rights and...