Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2015, in the matter of Obergefell v. Hodges, same sex couples now have the right to marry throughout the United States.  Further, every state must also recognize the same sex marriages performed in other states. The right for same sex couples to...

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...

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...

New York is one of the ten jurisdictions in the country that currently allow same sex marriage.  The other jurisdictions are Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.  It seems very likely that this list will continue to grow...