NJ Domestic Partners Denied Estate Break Of Married Couples
For whatever reason Jiwungkul and Connolly did not rush to get in line when same-sex marriage was legalized in New Jersey. They did, however, decide to take the plunge. Same-sex marriage became available in New Jersey effective October 21, 2013. The couple completed an application for a marriage license on May 27, 2014 with a June 8, 2014 marriage date. Less than a week before the intended wedding day Mr. Connolly unexpectedly died.
Snow Day Extends Tax Court Filing Deadline
There was also an argument that the 30 day time period was not “jurisdictional”. If the time limit is not jurisdictional, then the Tax Court could have applied “equitable tolling”, which in a common sense sort of way would say “Yeah. It says 30 days, but if you miss it because of an alien invasion or something like that, we can cut you a break”. If the time limit is jurisdictional though they don’t even get to look at it.
So the answer was that the 30 days was not really up until you get to a day when the Court was open for business.
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