Having just spent the last three weeks dealing with the aftermath of the death of a partner to whom I was not married, I can attest that having a legal standing would have been most helpful. Even though I am executor of his estate and had durable power of attorney for both finances and health care, there was still a lot of cases where I had prove my standing because I wasn't the "wife". To say nothing of how excluded I felt by certain members of his family.
It's a touchy situation - regardless of how it is handled. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > But then should marriage status even be considered when it comes to > government benefits? The right the issue a DNR order? Taxes? Insurance? > Perhaps that should be handled legally, outside of marriage. Strictly > within *relationship* status - able to be assigned to anyone you wish. > > -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
