New Jersey LGBT Law

This bill would amend and supplement the marriage statutes to include civil unions. The bill defines a civil union as a legally recognized union of two eligible individuals of the same sex.

The purpose of the bill is to provide same-sex couples with the same opportunity as heterosexual couples who choose to marry and to comply with the constitutional mandate set forth by the New Jersey Supreme Court in its recent landmark decision on October 25, 2006 of Lewis v. Harris, 188 N.J. 415 (2006). Read more »

In In re Estate of Roccamonte, 174 N.J. 381 (2002), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that a so-called palimony agreement between two unmarried cohabitants would be enforced against a cohabitant's estate. The decision was consistent with the court's prior decision in Kozlowski v. Kozlowski, 80 N.J. 378 (1979), which had held that a promise of lifetime support by one cohabitant 4 to another in a marital-like relationship would be enforced, if one of the partners was induced to cohabit by the promise. Read more »

In In re Estate of Roccamonte, 174 N.J. 381 (2002), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that a so-called palimony agreement between two unmarried cohabitants would be enforced against a cohabitant's estate. The decision was consistent with the court's prior decision in Kozlowski v. Kozlowski, 80 N.J. 378 (1979), which had held that a promise of lifetime support by one cohabitant to another in a marital-like relationship would be enforced, if one of the partners was induced to cohabit by the promise. Read more »

Modifies requirement for advice of counsel in certain palimony agreements. Read more »