Maureen - I was actually thinking of you when I wrote that. I wonder how that would have been different if marriage were not held to such a high legal status and instead a durable power of attorney / executorship were really the things that mattered legally?
Can't speak to family. Family's family and usually can't be completely explained. Definitely can't be legislated. -Cameron On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > Having just spent the last three weeks dealing with the aftermath of > the death of a partner to whom I was not married, I can attest that > having a legal standing would have been most helpful. Even though I > am executor of his estate and had durable power of attorney for both > finances and health care, there was still a lot of cases where I had > prove my standing because I wasn't the "wife". To say nothing of how > excluded I felt by certain members of his family. > > It's a touchy situation - regardless of how it is handled. > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > wrote: > > But then should marriage status even be considered when it comes to > > government benefits? The right the issue a DNR order? Taxes? Insurance? > > Perhaps that should be handled legally, outside of marriage. Strictly > > within *relationship* status - able to be assigned to anyone you wish. > > > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345111 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
