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Find out more information: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/us/20arkansas.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20094517-504083.html
Section 36C of the Internal Revenue Code authorizes an adoption credit for qualified adoption expenses paid by a taxpayer to adopt an eligible child. Many lesbian couples incur adoption expenses when they have children. One partner is the birth mother…
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has issued its initial guidance for same-sex married couples who have tax questions. My colleague, Professor Art Leonard, New York Law School, has blogged about this here. To link to the…
A bill in California that would prohibit criminal convictions based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of a jailhouse informant recently passed the state Assembly. This was one of the recommendations made by the California Commission on the Fair Administration of…
The Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) would repeal DOMA and provide that any marriage that was entered into legally in the place of celebration would be recognized by the federal government as a valid marriage. The bill was introduced in…
The state of New York has been recognizing same-sex marriages from other states or countries for years. Soon, New Yorkers will not have to leave the state in order to enter into a legal marriage. But the state’s new law…
Late today New York approved same-sex marriage. This is a tremendous step forward in the battle for same-sex marriage rights in this country. There are many tax ramifications that emanate from this decision. For a New York Times article on…
We have at least 8 U.S. Senators on our side, urging the IRS to do something to help same-sex couples in recognition states file their tax returns correctly without the threat of penalties. Senators Murray, Cantwell, Feinstein, Boxer, Whitehouse, Leahy,…
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