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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-10 09:20 AM
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12. How would you define multiple member civil unions?
Do the members have to vote on things, to get a majority verdict (eg on medical treatment, or legal matters, when one partner is unable to answer for themselves)? Do all the members have a veto on anything? Do you get tax breaks for all members - if so, is there a requirement that the union is more than just sharing a household? How is a 'divorce' handled - can a majority vote out a minority of the union? Must the whole thing break up, and those wanting to stay in union with one of more of the remainder reform it all? If there are children, do the non-biological parents get less access or custody than the biological ones?

Going to unions without a restriction on numbers changes the concept of a civil union profoundly.
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