A Senate vote on legislation to ensure federal recognition of same-sex marriage is being delayed until after November’s midterm elections as backers continue to seek enough Republican votes to get the bill passed, one of the bill’s lead sponsors said. 

The legislation grew out of concerns that the current conservative-leaning Supreme Court could overturn the 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that established the right of same-sex couples to marry. After it overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion that the court should review other “due process precedents,” including the ruling in Obergefell.

At Antonoplos & Associates, we pride ourselves on serving the estate planning needs of the LGBTQIA community in the Washington D.C. metro area. Our estate planning attorneys take the time to get to know our clients, learn their goals and objectives, and then integrate these needs into a customized estate plan that meets their life objectives. This is even more important when serving our same-sex clients with their estate planning needs. Our estate planning attorneys have decades of experience working with same-sex couples estates plans. As such, our attorneys have the knowledge and experience to help guide you through any legal issues that occur during same-sex estate planning.

Our clients see us as part of their family and we hope you will as well when it comes time to discuss estate planning and administration. Estate planning allows you to provide for you and your partner according to your personal goals and objectives.  Our estate planning attorneys have extensive experience counseling clients regarding same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships as well.