ESTATE PLANNING FOR LGBT COUPLES: POSSIBLE CHANGES ON THE HORIZON
Approximately forty years into their relationship, Edith Windsor and Thera Clara Spyer were married in Canada. Two years into their marriage, Thera passed away. After Thera’s death, Edith paid estate tax of approximately $363,000 to the federal government. The reason that tax was paid is that federal law, in the form of the Defense of […]