Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster
care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin
for hospital visits and medical decisions where one
partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies
for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and
child support; bullet immigration and residency
for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one
partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one
partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical
care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits
for a surviving
partner and
children; bullet bereavement or
sick leave to
care for a
partner or
child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased
partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...
Other trainees note that juggling science and marriage often requires sacrifice as well as flexibility: giving up a job opportunity to allow a
partner to remain in his or her lab, missing a family event to keynote a conference, or being late
for work because of taking
care of a
sick child,
for instance.