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The Dallas City Council amended the definition of “spouse” at its Feb. 18 meeting for the purpose of bringing the Employee Retirement Fund into compliance with IRS regulations that went into effect on ...

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Living in New York City in 2008, attorney Larry Martinez wanted his long-term partner to receive his health insurance benefits. At the time, before same-sex marriage was legalized in New York, the ...

The IRS has issued final regulations clarifying the definitions of “spouse,” “husband,” “wife,” and “husband and wife” for federal tax purposes. The final regulations now define “spouse,” “husband” ...

The Windsor decision essentially struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defined marriage as only between individuals of the opposite sex. Bob Ellerbrock, a counsel at corporate ...

Workers in legal, same-sex marriages no matter what state they live in will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical ...