A growing number of large companies and even some state governments have extended health insurance coverage to the domestic partners of their unmarried employers. These benefits enable domestic partnerships, such as same-sex couples and unmarried...
In a little more than a decade, domestic partner benefits have gone from virtually nonexistent to the predominant plan among the largest U.S. employers. Some employers are reticent to add health insurance and other benefits for unmarried partners...
Extracting yourself from a relationship with a violent domestic partner represents a complex and sometimes even dangerous endeavor, according to "The Domestic Violence Sourcebook" by Dawn Bradley Berry. The best way to leave a violent domestic...
The rights of a domestic partner, as well as the qualifications for domestic partnership, vary state by state in the U.S. There are no federal regulations regarding this matter. In general, states require a couple seeking domestic partnership to...
A woman's legal rights pertaining to property ownership and economic support depend in good part upon whether or not she is married, as well as the jurisdiction in which she lives. The laws of every country, and of every state within the United...
One in every four women will experience some type of domestic or partner violence in her life, estimates the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Whether the abuse is physical, sexual or emotional, the mental pain is the same....
Losing a family member can be both emotionally and financially devastating. Life insurance can provide a measure of relief from the financial impact, and in the case of a dependent, provide funds to cover final expenses. Dependent life insurance...
A restraining order is a court decree designed to protect an individual or individuals subjected to violence or abuse in a domestic or family setting, according to WomansLaw.org. The process of obtaining a restraining order commences with filing...
Gay adoption, also known as same-sex adoption, is the legal adoption of a minor by two parents of the same gender. Depending on state mandates, the parents may be domestic partners or legally married. One of the parents may also be the biological...
The Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, is a labor law requiring large business employers to protect employee's jobs in specific health and family situations. The law was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, and was later amended in 2009 by...
Everyone wants to be able to say they love their job and really mean it. The factors that go into making an enjoyable workplace vary widely. Of course, salary and benefits are important. But for some, a healthy, active workplace is most desirable....
Veterans and their spouses are eligible to receive benefits as the result of a disabling injury incurred during or after military service. The Veteran's Association offers benefits including monthly payments and college tuition. The U.S. Federal...
Abuse in relationships occurs in a variety of forms, including physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse. Signs of abuse may be visible to an outsider including obvious bruises or welts; or more subtle in the cases of emotional or sexual...
While a divorce legally terminates a marriage, an annulment voids it, making it as if the marriage had never occurred. To obtain an annulment, a marriage must be deemed invalid. In a void marriage, the union was unlawful from the very beginning,...
Birth certificates are vital records issued by individual states to verify a birth. Because citizenship establishment is contingent upon a live birth in the United States, a birth certificate confirms United States citizenship. There are two types...
Brain trauma occurs due to a wide variety of causes. This injury may cause disability or death. It sometimes also causes problems with communication, damage to cognitive abilities, difficulty concentrating, problems with mobility, faulty decision...
One in four women will be affected affected by domestic violence sometime in her life, according to the Public Policy Office of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. There are five kinds of domestic violence that one partner can...
An order of protecting or restraining order can help protect victims of domestic violence and abuse, especially when they are trying to separate or divorce from a partner, according to the American Bar Association, or ABA. A judge may order an...
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, domestic abuse, or intimate partner violence, occurs when one partner in a relationship purposely causes physical or emotional harm to another partner. Statistics show that one in...
Spousal abuse is often called domestic violence or intimate partner violence, according to the National Institutes of Health. It encompasses violence that occurs between partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage or cohabitation. The...
If you think you may be involved in an abusive relationship, don't wait for violence to happen again. If you have an abusive partner, he may threaten you, keep you from seeing your family members, call you names or insult you, hurt your children...
The Miami Beach Golf Club is located in the heart of historic Miami Beach, just north of the Miami Beach Convention Center and the city's famed South Beach neighborhood. This municipally owned facility possesses an 18-hole regulation length course...
While you may have suspected it for some time, it's never easy to her that your friend is in an abusive relationship. You might be at a loss for words or too overwhelmed to know the right thing to do and say. She's not alone and neither are you....
A surrogate mother carries a child for another couple. This is typically because the couple that wants children is experiencing infertility and has chosen surrogacy as their means of having children. Both the surrogate mother and the couple have...
Domestic violence affects more people than you might realize. In a 2004 Allstate Foundation poll, 74 percent of respondents said that they or someone they knew was affected by domestic violence. It's a problem that costs three women their lives...
Sempra energy offers a number of benefits to its full and part time employees. Some of these are available immediately upon hire while others require a full year of employment before being offered. Sempra extends its benefits to spouses and...
Domestic violence is another form of abuse, report researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Domestic violence occurs when someone gets injured. It can affect children or other members in a household, but it usually is targeted toward a...
Many of the forms you fill out for taxes, insurance benefits and other official matters ask you to include your number of dependents. In some cases, it may be tricky to determine who qualifies as a dependent and what that qualification means. If...
Spousal abuse, often referred to as domestic violence or intimate partner violence, often results in several detrimental psychological effects for the victim. From 8 to 22 percent of women will likely be the victims of domestic physical violence,...
