Category: Same-sex spouses

New Justice Department Memo on Same-Sex Marriage

During a weekend speech at the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his plans to issue a new memo today to Justice Department employees regarding same-sex marriage. This memorandum comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision inĀ US v. Windsor finding part of the Defense… Read more »

Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program

Legally married same-sex spouses of Federal employees and annuitants are now qualified relatives eligible to apply for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program coverage, regardless of their state of residency. This is one of the latest results from the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in June that a portion of the federal Defense… Read more »