by Dan Mahoney | Jan 1, 2010 | designated beneficiaries, marriage equality, SB 54, same-sex, Senate Bill 54, out of state same sex marriages, employment benefits same-sex couples
Nancy C. is an emergency dispatcher with the Alameda County Fire Department. Nancy and her wife, a Canadian citizen, were married in Canada in October 2009. When Nancy learned about the passage of SB 54, the California law requiring the state government to grant all the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples who get married in other states or countries after November 5, 2008, she asked her employer to add her wife as a beneficiary on her health and retirement plans. The human...
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