While numbers remain relatively small, more couples are choosing legal partnerships over marriage. Some are marking the ...

WASHINGTON – State of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law last Wednesday, a Domestic Partnership Expansion bill that will provide more than 160 new rights and responsibilities to registered ...

The state of California can recognize you and your partner as a couple without marriage. Through a registered domestic partnership, couples can receive state recognition of their relationship, while ...

More often than not, liability coverage and how the courts interpret insurance policies often reflect current social mores and norms. As the dynamics around domestic households and partnerships ...

OLYMPIA -- Lawmakers are looking to expand the state's domestic partnership law by granting same-sex couples more than 170 of the benefits and responsibilities given to married couples, including ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A proposal giving same-sex couples the same legal protections and benefits as married couples cleared a difficult legislative hurdle and is headed to the Senate for a vote. The ...

In the landmark 2015 case Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, federally granting same-sex spouses access to ...

Steve Terrell The battle in the Legislature over a bill to establish domestic-partner rights pits social advocates and lobbyists who normally are allied on a variety of issues against each other. Sen.