All Things Financial Now the Same for Same-Sex Married Couples - McDermott Will & Emery

All Things Financial Now the Same for Same-Sex Married Couples

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Nicole Pearl explained that the Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling to legalize same-sex marriage may not greatly impact same-sex married couples living in states that already allow and recognize same-sex marriage. “Those couples already enjoy all of the rights and privileges that go along with marriage,” she noted. However, Ms. Pearl continued, one major impact is that same-sex married spouses can now leave property to one another without paying estate taxes until after both are deceased. Read the full article