Sec. 2. Leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent
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Section 101(12) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended— by inserting a child of an individual’s domestic partner, after a legal ward, ; and by striking who is— and all that follows and inserting and includes an adult child. . Section 101 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2611 ) is further amended by adding at the end the following: The term domestic partner , used with respect to an employee, means— the person recognized as the domestic partner of the employee under any domestic partner registry or civil union law of the State or political subdivision of a State where the employee resides, or the person who is lawfully married to the employee under the law of the State where the employee resides and who is the same sex as the employee; or in the case of an unmarried employee who lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person of the same sex under the laws of the State, a single, unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee who is in a committed, personal (as defined in regulations issued by the Secretary) relationship with the employee, who is not a domestic partner to any other person, and who is designated to the employer by such employee as that employee’s domestic partner.
The term grandchild , used with respect to an employee, means any person who is a son or daughter of a son or daughter of the employee. The term grandparent , used with respect to an employee, means a parent of a parent of the employee. The term parent-in-law , used with respect to an employee, means a parent of the spouse or domestic partner of the employee. The term sibling , used with respect to an employee, means any person who is a son or daughter of the employee’s parent.
The term son-in-law or daughter-in-law , used with respect to an employee, means any person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son or daughter of the employee. . Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in subparagraph (C), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling, of the employee if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling ; and in subparagraph (E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling, ; in subsection (a)(3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, and inserting spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, grandparent, sibling, ; in subsection (e)— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking spouse, parent, and inserting spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, sibling, ; and in paragraph (3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling, ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph (1), by striking a husband and wife and inserting 2 spouses or 2 domestic partners ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking that husband and wife and inserting those spouses or those domestic partners ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking the husband and wife and inserting those spouses or those domestic partners .
Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2613 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking spouse, or parent and inserting spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (4)(A), by striking spouse, or parent and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or parent and inserting spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling ; and in paragraph (7), by striking parent, or spouse and inserting spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling .
Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking spouse, or parent and inserting spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling ; and in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking spouse, or parent and inserting spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling .
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Leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent
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