Yes. The state of Connecticut recognizes legal relationships substantially equivalent to marriage as legal marriages. This includes civil unions legally performed in New Jersey.CT Public Act 09-13, Section 1. A marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage, between two persons entered into in another state or jurisdiction and recognized as valid by such other state or jurisdiction shall be recognized as a valid marriage in this state, provided such marriage or relationship is not expressly prohibited by statute in this state.
Yes. New Jersey recognizes civil unions performed in other states.
"[a] domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the partnership was created, shall be valid in this State." N.J. STAT. ANN. § 26:8A-6(C).
Yes. Under California law, New Jersey civil unions are recognized as equivalent to marriage.
Yes, under New Jersey state law, out-of-state and foreign same-sex marriages that are legal in the place where they performed are valid and legal in New Jersey as well.
Yes, Washington DC recognizes civil unions performed in other states, including those from New Jersey, pursuant to the Domestic Partnership Judicial Determination of Parentage Act of 2009. They are treated as legal marriages in Washington, DC.
Yes, the state of Oregon recognizes civil unions performed in other states as Oregon state registered domestic partnerships which provide the same rights and responsibilities as legal marriage in Oregon.
Yes. All US states recognize all marriages performed in other states.
New Jersey to Connecticut takes 7 hours.
Yes, effective October 21, 2013. If your marriage was legal in the place it was performed, then it is legal in New Jersey.
New Jersey is to the southwest of Connecticut.
Yes. New Jersey recognizes civil unions performed in other states. "[a] domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the partnership was created, shall be valid in this State." N.J. STAT. ANN. § 26:8A-6(C).
Yes. New Jersey recognizes civil unions performed in other states. "[a] domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the partnership was created, shall be valid in this State." N.J. STAT. ANN. § 26:8A-6(C).
Yes, New Hampshire recognizes out-of-state civil unions as legal marriages. 457:45 Civil Union Recognition. A civil union legally contracted outside of New Hampshire shall be recognized as a marriage in this state, provided that the relationship does not violate the prohibitions of this chapter.
No. The Maine Domestic Partnership Law (Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22, sec. 2710) does not offer reciprocity with out-of-state registered domestic partnerships. Also, Maine does not permit or recognize same-sex marriages, following the November 3, 2009 repeal of its same-sex marriage law.