Article: Fed: De facto couples bill agreed to by Senate

Article: De facto couples in legal limbo
The Press;  March 2, 2005 ;     575 words ... ... Legal uncertainty continues for de facto couples after a parliamentary committee ... Relationships Act, in the way it treats de facto couples, could create further confusion ... relationship ends; it applies only to de facto couples who have been together at least ...

Article: Vatican cardinal says legal status for de-facto ...
AP Worldstream;  September 18, 2005 ;     625 words ... ... Italy over whether to grant de-facto couples some form of legal recognition ... the components of so-called de-facto couples, should have their human rights ... heterosexual and homosexual de-facto couples haven't taken anything away ...

Article: Cardinal says legal status for de-facto ...
AP Worldstream;  September 18, 2005 ;     538 words ... ... in Italy over whether to grant de-facto couples some form of legal recognition ... the components of so-called de-facto couples, should have their human rights ... contract between partners in a de-facto union that would be private ...

Article: Register for gay, de facto couples.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  December 4, 2007 ;     379 words ... ... Parliament on 4 December 2007 that will allow gay and de facto couples to register their relationships. Attorney-General ... into Parliament legislation allowing same-sex and de facto partners of judges to access a partial pension upon ...

Article: Australian benefits agency recognizes gay de facto ...
Between the Lines;  June 4, 2009 ;     378 words ... ... government's social-benefits agency, will treat gay de facto couples as married for benefits purposes starting July 1. While ... legislation will mean that customers who are in a samesex de facto relationship will be recognised as partnered for Centrelink ...

Article: Australian de facto couples who split to be ...
Between the Lines;  October 30, 2008 ;     313 words ... ... returned to the lower house for approval of Senate amendments, will create a uniform national standard for separating de facto couples, gay and straight, sending them to federal familylaw courts to work out property settlements, pension splits and ...

Article: `De facto' couples struggle with church's ...
National Catholic Reporter;  January 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... child. Los Angeles County officials raised no objection. They represent what the Vatican, in a recent document, termed `de facto' unions (see "Real disregards ideal"). The couple's daughter, Samantha, is now 4, and they hope to adopt a second ...