Happy New Year!
Vermont Freedom to Marry kicks it off with a FREE workshop, "Legal and Financial Planning Strategies for Same-Sex Couples and LGBTQ Individuals." Get your questions answered by professionals with extensive legal and accounting expertise, who support our movement to achieve full equality.
VIEW AND PRINT THE WORKSHOP FLYER HERE.
WHEN:
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 5:30–7 p.m.
WHERE:
This event happens simultaneously at four Vermont Interactive Television studios:
WHY:
Because the rights of LGBTQ individuals and couples depend on which state you're in, you need to protect yourself, your family and your dreams.
R.S.V.P.
R.S.V.P. and send your questions about this event and inquiries for the experts to info@vtfreetomarry.org . Please let us know which VIT studio you'll be at.
You can R.S.V.P. on Facebook, too.
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PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK ONE OF THESE TWO SITES FOR CANCELLATION/ RESCHEDULING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER:
- This website: www.vtfreetomarry.org
- The Facebook page for this event
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ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP:
LGBTQ couples, families, and individuals face a complicated and confusing legal patchwork in the U.S. and abroad. Although we have civil marriage equality, adoptive parent recognition, and other important LGBTQ safeguards WITHIN Vermont, our families are vulnerable whenever we travel to places that lack these crucial legal recognitions. And because of discriminatory US laws like the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government does not provide many of the legal protections our families need.
Because the rights of LGBTQ individuals and couples depend on which state you're in, you need to protect yourself, your family and your dreams.
THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER:
- Wills
- Advance directives
- Financial powers of attorney
- Adoptions
- Donor agreements
- Surrogacy agreements
- Choice of filing status on your Income tax returns
- Appropriate allocation of itemized deductions on your Income Tax Returns, such as mortgage interest and real estate taxes
- Maximizing available credits on your income tax returns
- Estate and gift taxes
PRESENTERS
Kenneth M. Nussbaum, CPA/PFS, JD and Alexia Venafra, Esq. will co-present and answer your questions. Ken is a CPA and consultant who works extensively with same-sex couples, and Alexia is a VFM board member and an attorney with Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, where she works with LGBTQ clients on estate planning and business succession planning, as well as on family law issues such as adoptions, prenuptials, and surrogacy and donor agreements.
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Please Make a Contribution Today
Your financial commitment will support our ability to be your Vermont resource on LGBT marriage and family issues. It will allow us to continue our work assisting other states in furthering ci vil marriage rights and erasing discrimination for same-sex couples. Please donate today.
Mail a check to:
Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force
8 Oak Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452
