|
|
Article: New Jersey Civil Union Act: Lending Compliance Challenges.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- April 4, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Mondaq Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The New Jersey Civil Union Act
The New Jersey Civil Union Act, P.L. 2006, c. 103 (the "Act") was signed into law Dec. 21, 2006, and took effect on Feb. 20, 2007. The Act arose in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court's October 2006 decision in Lewis v. Harris, 188 N.J. 415, which mandated that same-sex couples have the same rights as married couples, and ordered the New Jersey Legislature to enact implementing legislation. The Act left to the Legislature whether to label such a union a "marriage" or a "civil union" and the Legislature chose the latter label.
Under the Act, partners in a civil union have essentially all of the rights of married ...