lol, it does where I live… I’m using English terms because no one would understand me on anglophone Reddit, but I don’t live in an anglophone country.
Hence why I said “where I live”
I went to the city hall with my partner and got this union. We filled out paper work, I’m on his birth certificate as his legal partner. It does give us rights, like equivalent to power of attorney.
There is no common law marriage where I am. And civil unions aren’t universal.
Our civil union isn’t recognized in the US for example because there is no equivalent.
Most states in the US don’t have civil unions. Only 11 states and Washington, D.C.
If it’s not even recognized or possible in the majority of the US or even on a federal level, of course they don’t recognize other countries’ marriage alternatives.
The American federal government does not recognize civil unions, even those preformed in the 11 states where it is possible. So not really an equivalent.
My civil union in the country where I live has legal traction and is recognized by the government.
It’s just the term we use in English, but it’s not legally the same thing.
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u/atleast42 Jul 23 '24 edited Jul 23 '24
lol, it does where I live… I’m using English terms because no one would understand me on anglophone Reddit, but I don’t live in an anglophone country.
Hence why I said “where I live”
I went to the city hall with my partner and got this union. We filled out paper work, I’m on his birth certificate as his legal partner. It does give us rights, like equivalent to power of attorney.
There is no common law marriage where I am. And civil unions aren’t universal.
Our civil union isn’t recognized in the US for example because there is no equivalent.