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Our company will be extending benefits to unmarried same sex couples. Can we ask for “proof” of a same sex couple’s relationship?

April 26, 2017Benefits COMPANY Couple couples extending relationship unmarried

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Our company will be extending benefits to unmarried same sex couples. Can we ask for “proof” of a same sex couple’s relationship?

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The statute explicitly does not address same sex marriage. If a company extends benefits to unmarried different sex couples, then the questions asked of unmarried same sex couples should be of the same type.