Gay Marriage: Impact on Real Estate
Buying a HomeMarried same-sex couples in 13 states and Washington, D.C., are now or soon will be eligible for more than 1,100 federal benefits and protections denied to them under the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act. A key provision of the federal law, which withheld benefits from gay couples who had been lawfully married in those states that permit it, was struck down last week by the Supreme Court. And though property rights are set at the state level, the ruling has bearing on a number of real estate related matters that […]