When you have a same - sex marriage, it's a marriage, so you go through the same process as heterosexual married couples who are divorcing. (divorcemag.com)
The tax system should treat same - sex couples in a civil partnership in exactly the same way as it treats heterosexual married couples. (newstatesman.com)
A same sex marriage is treated as a marriage, so you're given many of the same state - level protections that heterosexual married couples receive. (rocketlawyer.com)