state-registered

And, since your marriage or partnership might not be recognized in the state you live in, you definitely should be signing powers of attorney, wills, and property agreements -- and doing an adoption if you have children, just as if you had not married or state-registered.

Jenny Block: Why Won't Texas Grant a Divorce to a Same-Sex Couple? 2010

Making matters worse, even when the couple has resolved all of their financial and property matters, courts in many states have refused even to grant "status divorces" for same-sex couples who married or state-registered in other states.

Frederick Hertz: The Right to Marry Conveys a Right to Divorce Frederick Hertz 2010

I think this is so, even where the legal procedures for state-registered domestic partners, civil union partners, or same-sex married spouses are just about identical to the divorce procedures used by straight folks.

Frederick Hertz: Is Gay Divorce Any Different Than Straight Divorce? Frederick Hertz 2010

Her husband, the employee said, is a state-registered medical marijuana patient.

At Work, a Drug Dilemma 2010

Making matters worse, even when the couple has resolved all of their financial and property matters, courts in many states have refused even to grant "status divorces" for same-sex couples who married or state-registered in other states.

Frederick Hertz: The Right to Marry Conveys a Right to Divorce Frederick Hertz 2010

And, since your marriage or partnership might not be recognized in the state you live in, you definitely should be signing powers of attorney, wills, and property agreements -- and doing an adoption if you have children, just as if you had not married or state-registered.

Jenny Block: Why Won't Texas Grant a Divorce to a Same-Sex Couple? 2010

Also known as Washington state's "everything but marriage" law, the new bill expands the rights, responsibilities, and obligations accorded state-registered same-sex and senior domestic partners to be equivalent to those of married spouses, except that a domestic partnership is not a marriage.

Washington civil rights referendum passes gay person of color 2009

Also known as Washington state's "everything but marriage" law, the new bill expands the rights, responsibilities, and obligations accorded state-registered same-sex and senior domestic partners to be equivalent to those of married spouses, except that a domestic partnership is not a marriage.

Archive 2009-11-01 gay person of color 2009

The legislature passed Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5688 concerning rights and responsibilities of state-registered domestic partners and voters have filed a sufficient referendum petition on thisbill.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Four Obvious Lessons from Tonight’s Elections 2009

Kind of like trying to attack Obama for having a state-registered lobbyist in his campaign, when her campaign is loaded with lobbyists and lobbyist cash.

Hillary Camp Hitting Obama On Public Financing Issue 2009