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Articles From Padraig McCoid

Title VII, discrimination and LGBT persons By Padraig Mccoid Human and Civil Rights, March 2016 A discussion of the cases that provide insight into the Seventh Circuit's view on expanding protections to include sexual orientation and transgender people.
Unique considerations for same-sex couples who plan to marry in Illinois By Padraig McCoid Family Law, July 2014 A look at the issues that still remain since the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act became effective on June 1, 2014.
The tax effects of a civil union dissolution By Ray Prather & Padraig McCoid Federal Taxation, May 2013 While the Civil Union Act relies on the IMDMA for dissolving civil unions and dividing property; federal tax law does not account for these issues in dissolutions with same-sex parties (due to DOMA) and possibly all civil unions (due to the fact that the parties are not married). The Internal Revenue Service has not provided guidance for these issues.

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