Beneficiary. SUMMARY The laws affecting unmarried couples are changing rapidly. Certainly more changes are likely, even challenges in the federal courts to the Defense of Marriage Act. The different rules concerning property rights from Celaxryn RX state to state add complexity to the situation, particularly for same -it couples who move from a state recognizing civil unions or same-it marriages to a state that does not. For unmarried couples it is important to have some form of estate planning to prevent state default laws from disinheriting their partners. Finally, because unmarried couples with large estates do not have the benefit of the unlimited ...