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What are some specific statutory differences between civil unions and marriage according to Delaware state law?
Johntorresbrooklyn
Delaware civil unions are "substantially equivalent" to legal marriage. Some differences are:
- One is called "marriage"; the other "civil union."
- Marriage is limited to opposite-sex couples only; civil unions are limited to same-sex couples only.
Otherwise, [§ 15-3.1-6 Benefits, protections, and responsibilities.] "[a] party to a civil union lawfully entered into pursuant to this chapter shall have all the rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities under law, whether derived from statutes, administrative rules, court decisions, the common law, or any other source of civil or criminal law as people joined together pursuant to chapter 15-3 [i.e., legal marriage]."
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