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domestic partnerships: District of Columbia Expands Right of Benefits of Domestic Partnerships - 06/12/08 06:50 AM
 
The District of Columbia expanded it's Domestic Partnership Law when the Council passed the "Omnibus Domestic Partnership Equality Amendment Act of 2008." The law adds 39 new provisions to the law that extend most of the rights and benefits of marriage to registered domestic partners. 
 
The new rights and benefits that apply to real property include:
 
Amends “An Act” to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia to permit domestic partners to hold property as tenants by the entirety and to revise the deed forms to include domestic partners. Amends the Condominium Act of 1976 … (2 comments)

domestic partnerships: Domestic Partnership Equalty Amendment Act of 2006 - Many of the rights of spouses - 01/06/08 12:13 PM
With the adoption of the Domestic Partnership Equality Amendment Act of 2006, registered domestic partners in the District of Columbia gained many of the same rights as a spouse (see list below).
Pertaining to real estate, the rights gained for those who register are the same rights as spouses including: mortgages, inheritance, devises or bequests of real estate, rights for the purpose of probate 
Domestic Partnership Equality Amendment Act of 2006,  D.C. Law 16-79, effective April 4, 2006. By this act in almost all cases a domestic partner will have the same rights as a spouse. 
 
Section 2 changes the law regarding competency of … (4 comments)

domestic partnerships: Domestic Partnerships Exempted from Recordation and Transfer Tax - 01/06/08 12:02 PM
If registered Domestic Partners transfer a property between themselves, that transfer is not subject to DC's transfer and recordation taxes.
Deed Recordation Tax and Related Amendments Amendment Act of 2004, D.C. Law 15-176, effective September 8, 2004, which treats domestic partners the same as spouses for the purpose of paying the deed recordation tax. For more information, please contact:
Office of Tax and Revenue (for recordation tax)941 North Capitol Street, NEWashington, DC 20002(202) 727-4829cfo.dc.gov/otr/site/default.asp
 
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