In what will be seen by many as a victory for the Christian right and a blow to the LGBTQ community, the U.S. Supreme Court let a challenge go forward this week to Houston’s practice of providing benefits such as health insurance to the same-sex spouses of city...
Year: 2017
The Possible Impact to Employee Benefits Under the Proposed “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”
This article was co-authored by Patrick T. Ryan and Anne Prenner Schmidt In many cases, Employee Benefit plans represent the most valuable asset accumulated during the marriage. Dividing these funds in the event of a divorce can be a complex process and often have...
LGBTQ Health Care Issues on the Horizon
One of the issues that many people must consider when going through a divorce is health care costs. How do you even begin to navigate what you should anticipate for health care costs going forward, especially with the possible reality that obtaining health insurance...
Same Sex Marriage and the Possible Correlation with Decreases in Teen Suicide Rates
In 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges held that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution. Obergefell provides a date in which same-sex...