Out-of-state civil unions good as gold

The recent 2nd District Appellate Court decision in In Re Civil Union of Debra Hamlin Petitioner and Victoria Vasconcellos, 2015 Ill. App. (2d) 140231, has at least for now resolved the issue of when civil union property begins to accumulate. Respondent unsuccessfully argued that because Illinois first recognized civil unions on June 1, 2011 (the effective date of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection …