Financial Planning for Same-Sex Couples: 5 Tips You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Date: Nov 10 2012

Filed under: Retirement, Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co, Personal Finance, Power of Planning

Same-sex married couple By Stephanie Taylor Christensen

Though same-sex couples are currently afforded the right to be legally wed or enter into civil unions in 13 U.S. states, federal rights that traditional married couples enjoy don’t apply to such unions, and they certainly aren’t extended to unmarried same-sex partners. As such, estate planning for same-sex couples is critical to ensuring that control over finances, assets, health-related matters, and even children, remains in the hands of the person you intend…

Financial Planning for Same-Sex Couples: 5 Tips You Can’t Afford to Ignore originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-09T13:12:00Z.

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