Domestic Partners

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• Group: Give Benefits to Domestic Partners

The local chapter of a statewide civil rights organization wants domestic partners to have easier access to health benefits in Topeka. And it is asking the city council to make that happen by the end of the year. From the steps of the Shawnee County Courthouse on Monday evening to a huddle group of media, two representatives from the Kansas Equality Coalition called upon the city council to allow domestic partners to register their relationship, effectively making it easier for partners eligible for employee health benefits. The term "domestic partner" generally applies to two unrelated, unmarried, cohabitating people, regardless of gender, who are in a relationship.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• November 07, 2011

• Bill Would Extend Cobra Coverage to Domestic Partners

Legislation that would give domestic partners the same COBRA health coverage as married spouses has been introduced in both houses of Congress. The Equal Access to COBRA Act, S. 563, was introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and would apply to companies that already offer health coverage to domestic partners and their children. A similar measure was filed in the House, H.R. 1028, by Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.

• Lawyers USA
• March 25, 2011

• DTCC Offers New Benefit for Same-Sex Domestic Partners.

NEW YORK -- The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced it would reimburse all U.S.-based employees for the federal tax paid on...

• Business Wire
• June 13, 2011

• Government Agencies and Employees: Same-sex Domestic Partners, Federal Benefits Extension (Memorandum of June 2, 2010)

• FR, June 08, 2010
• Administrative orders
• Presidential Documents

• Gray Oks Same-Sex Policy ; Benefits Domestic Partners of City Employees

Staff Writer Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray Tuesday evening maintained that he supports the institution of marriage.

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• April 13, 2011

• S.L. Drops 'Domestic Partners' Phrase

Salt Lake City is dumping "domestic partners" for "mutual commitment. Restrictions imposed by the Utah Legislature have led to a name change for the city's domestic partnership registry, a mechanism by which employers voluntarily can extend health care and other benefits to their employees' domestic partners -- including gay couples, siblings, long-term roommates and parents -- if they reside in Salt Lake City.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• March 26, 2008

• IRS Provides Filing Information For Registered Domestic Partners And Same-Sex Spouses

In a series of questions and answers, the IRS has provided tax return filing information for registered domestic partners in California, Nevada and Wa...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• IRS Reverses Position on Community Property Treatment for Registered Domestic Partners.

Recent statements by the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service change the way in which registered domestic partners and same-sex spouses in Ca...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Internal Gov't Reports Show Mercury Insurance Discriminated Against Soldiers Unemployed, Domestic Partners, Small Biz - Reveal Motive Behind Prop 17

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• U.S. Newswire
• February 08, 2010

• IRS Reverses Position on Community Property Treatment for Registered Domestic Partners

Recent statements by the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service change the way in which registered domestic partners and same-sex spouses in Ca...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English