ESTATE PLANNING AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE . . . . OR IS IT? Aug 29, 2011 / By: Lisa Kajani, Attorney at Law Category: Beneficiary Designated Accounts, intestate, Probate, same sex marriage Had Thomas simply designated a trust, or in the alternative, Nikki and/or his children as the beneficiaries of any policies, this lawsuit would never have been filed. Read more »