Estate Planning Facts for NY Same Sex Couples By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 10th, 2022 Since the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, all 50 states have legalized same sex marriage. Earlier, in 2013, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was deemed...
Three Estate Planning Issues LGBTQ Couples Should Prioritize By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. December 16, 2020 Proper estate planning is something everyone considers at some point, especially when they have children. But despite the strides that legislators have made in...
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 5, 2018 11 Things Florida Same-Sex Couples Need to Know about Estate Planning When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision granting the right of same-sex couples to marry in 2015, it also gave same-sex couples a wide range of...
Victory! Married Same-Sex Couples Gain Equal Tax Benefits Two months after the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down, the Treasury department ruled that legally married same-sex couples will be characterized as married for federal tax purposes. This decision is...
The Fall of Florida’s Gay Adoption Ban Both Florida’s laws of intestacy and most estate planning documents address the implications surrounding the existence of adopted children in connection with inheritance of a decedent’s (a deceased person) estate. As...
Estate Planning Hurdles For Same Sex Couples Relevance With arguments over the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) having been heard at the United States Supreme Court level, what follows is a basic outline of some of the...
CALL NOW