Article on Insuring Same-Sex Partners

Brian Balduzzi (Wilchins Cosentino & Friend LLP) recently published an article entitled, Insuring Equitable Lives: Why All States Should Amend Their Insurable Interest Laws to Provide Equal Protection for Same-Sex Partners, 23 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 219-243 (2014).  Provided below is a portion of the article’s introduction:

In the United States, over six hundred thousand same-sex couples cohabitate – a number which may be statistically underreported, despite increasing public support for marriage between same-sex partners. As of May 2014, seventeen states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex partners to marry. Additionally, at least three other states allow full domestic partnerships or civil unions between same-sex partners, at least one state offers limited domestic partnerships between same-sex partners, and at least one state recognizes out-of-state marriages between same-sex partners. Plaintiffs and supporting organizations continue to bring cases on behalf of same-sex partners in state and federal courts throughout the country. Despite these advances for equal marriage rights, thirty-one states still ban same-sex marriage by statute or constitutional amendment.