On Tue 17 Jun 2008 02:37:11p, Giusi told us...

> "Wayne Boatwright" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> 6.120...
>> On Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:29:59p, Lou Decruss told us...
>> It it became "legal" for us to married in the state of Arizona, I know
>> if we would bother at this point. What would weigh heavily would not
>> be our emotional investment, but what other gains we might achieve
>> within the state's legal system.
>
> I have been to several civil partner ceremonies in the past couple of
> years. Most of them have been because without it a long term partner can
> have no rights in emergencies. One friend of a friend was forbidden to
> enter the hospital room where his partner lay dying by a bitter family
> who had not spoken to either of them in a decade.
> Then there are inheritance issues-- in some countries you cannot leave
> your estate away from family or spouse so it could be important that
> your partner be legally a spouse.

Yes, those are certainly important issues. In our case, I have no family
left, and David's apparently doesn't really care, and I'm fortunate that
they treat me as another son. We have made sure that our wills, living
wills, and powers of attorney are carefully drafted to exclude any
intervention from other parties. I suppose, however, if we had the chance
to make it a legal union, we would end up doing so.



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Wayne Boatwright
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