CLE On Supreme Court’s Decision On Same Sex Marriage

The American Bar Association is presenting a CLE entitled, News From the Hill: Supreme Court’s decision on Same Sex Marriage, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 12:00-1:30pm Central, online.  Here is why you should attend:

If the Court rules against marriage equality, then the current patchwork of laws will continue and marriages entered into under earlier constitutional rulings may be called into question. In that case, interesting conflicts of laws issues will continue. The ruling is not expected to affect the status of Registered Domestic Partners and Civil Union Partners who are recognized as married under their various state laws but not under federal law, except perhaps for social security. But conflicts questions will continue to abound for these couples because some marriage equality states recognize registered partners as married spouses and it is still unclear whether federal agencies, like the IRS, recognize such couples as married or not. The panelists will be prepared to address whatever questions arise from the Supreme Court’s opinion no matter which way the ruling goes.