anyone here from the UK or get married in the UK?

Calypso1977

i have a question about civil partnerships vs marriage.

Snippylynn

NCV2 lives there and is marrying a Brit, but they're doing that in the US.

You could always ask on the IN board.  There are a lot of women who live in the UK.

Calypso1977

thanks.
is that the international nesties board?

sweetbird

I'm a Canadian living in the UK (going to grad school) and preparing to marry here in the UK (FI is American), so I've looked into this. I understand the difference to be that civil partnerships are only for same-sex couples, and marriages are only for heterosexual couples.

Calypso1977

so would a civil partnership from the UK be considered a legal marriage in the united states, in states where same sex marriage is recognized/legal?

sweetbird

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_anyone-here-uk-married-uk?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:833a1c12-344e-48cb-bc93-8d7c0818771dPost:ac3618bb-9500-41e5-b3fd-09d11a59eb1a">Re: anyone here from the UK or get married in the UK?</a>:
[QUOTE]so would a civil partnership from the UK be considered a legal marriage in the united states, in states where same sex marriage is recognized/legal?
Posted by Calypso1977[/QUOTE]

I'm really not sure about that. I think you'd have to check with each state in question, but in principle it would make sense if they did.

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In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_anyone-here-uk-married-uk?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:833a1c12-344e-48cb-bc93-8d7c0818771dPost:fa57bfbc-ee10-4724-8c6e-b566fe69216a">Re: anyone here from the UK or get married in the UK?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: anyone here from the UK or get married in the UK? : I'm really not sure about that. I think you'd have to check with each state in question, but in principle it would make sense if they did.
Posted by sweetbird[/QUOTE]

<div>  In general I would say the US would not recognize a Civil partnership for example to get citizenship or a green card through a partner.  </div><div>
</div><div>My roommate is getting a divorce in the UK from a civil partnership, she is American and in a civil partnership to a Brit.  She did it for a visa.  She had to come back to London to get the divorce since the partnership is not recognized in the US.  </div><div>
</div><div>Does that make sense?</div>

Calypso1977

NCV, yes.  my issue is im trying to determine if this couple should be eligible for family health insurance.  we are in MA, so we recognize same sex marriage, but this is not a marriage as it was performed in a country where same sex marriage is not allowed, but rather the civil partnership.  our plan does nto cover domestic partners.  im trying to determine if this is a domestic partner or a marriage.  if this couple was heterosexual, and had a UK marriage, we'd honor that here.  but it sounds like they didnt have a marriage, so im not sure we can.

i have an email into the company and counsel for their opinion.  definteily an interesting (and unfortunate) scenario.  teh civil partnership is supposed to afford them the same legal rights as marriage, but apparently this is a grey area in terms of insurance.