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You are not legally required to do anything with the mortgage and home that your partner owns when you get married. However, if legal arrangements are not made, you may not have a right to inherit the home if your spouse dies. If your name is not on the deed and no will has been made, his home will be inherited according to intestacy laws in the state that you live in. For example, since same sex marriages are not legal in Colorado, the spouse cannot inherit. In New Mexico, […]

On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act established in 1996, in favor of the recognition of same-sex marriage.  However, as of the day of that ruling only 12 states plus the District of Columbia are actually in alignment with this decision. The other 37 states still simply do not recognize gay marriage as a legal condition. The ultimate result of this ruling is a polarization. The states that recognized gay marriage in the first place, before the striking […]