Mary Dickinson CPA
Senior Manager, Accounting and Assurance Services

We've said it before: The consequences of marriage are enormous. Married couples automatically enjoy a number of financial and legal protections that have not traditionally been available to unmarried couples―or were only available as a result of careful and proactive planning. Until last year.

In 2007, Washington established a statewide domestic partnership registry and granted its registered domestic partners a limited number of rights previously granted only to spouses.

On March 12, 2008, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law a significant expansion of the rights and responsibilities of domestic partners.

Click Full Article for more on the recent expansion of Washington's domestic partner legislation.