SAN FRANCISCO — For family law attorneys who work with same-sex couples, there wasn't much time to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's two marriage rulings Wednesday. "My computer's exploding," said Deborah Wald of San Francisco's Wald & Thorndal. Within two hours of the decision, more than 100 messages had landed on the Listservs of Frederick Hertz, author of a legal guide to same-sex marriage.
Family lawyers will have to figure out how federal law now treats "marriage equivalents" like California's domestic partners, Hertz said. California couples who were legally married in 2008 also could have retroactive claims for federal benefits, including different tax treatment..
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