Recognizing the validity of a same-sex marriage between New Yorkers contracted in Canada, a Manhattan surrogate has ruled that a man is entitled to inherit the entire estate of his deceased male partner. The decision comes months after a Queens surrogate took a more cautious approach in holding that the validity of gay marriage had not been "definitely determined," ruling that the deceased partner's parents had to be included in probate proceedings.
February 04, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Recognizing the validity of a same-sex marriage between New Yorkers contracted in Canada, a Manhattan surrogate has ruled that a man is entitled to inherit the entire estate of his deceased male partner.
Surrogate Judge Kristin Booth Glen last week in Matter of the Estate of H. Kenneth Ranftle, 4585-2008, designated J. Craig Leiby as the “surviving spouse and sole distributee” of H. Kenneth Ranftle, who died on Nov. 1, 2008, just five months after the pair married in Quebec.
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