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July 5, 2011
Gay Divorces in NYC
From the New York Post:
Wedding planners aren't the only ones riding the gay-marriage gravy train.
Lawyers, too, are expecting a bonanza -- from gay divorce.
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"The same issues present themselves with same-sex couples: How do we split assets? What do we do with the children?" Clement said. "The law doesn't change merely because you have same-sex partners."
Mere months after Massachusetts passed its same-sex marriage bill in 2004, gay couples began filing for divorce -- sometimes having to use outdated forms that still listed "husband" and "wife."
Read more here.
MR
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New York courts have been allowing same-sex couples divorce for years. While the couples could not wed in NY, NY would recognize marriages performed in states the would allow same sex marriage. I imagine that the rate same sex divorce in New York will increase now that weddings can actually take place in NY.
Daniel Clement
Posted by: Daniel Clement | Jul 5, 2011 9:26:14 AM
Now that NY allows same-sex marraige, it will also have to allow for same-sex divorce...that is good news for divorce attorneys because this will cause an influx in the number of divorces being filed in the state.
Posted by: Divorce Oklahoma City | Jul 8, 2011 10:37:23 AM
These kind of marriage have legal approval in very few countries .So this case is new to me as i never fight such kind of case in my past.
Posted by: Virginia Divorce Lawyer | Jan 20, 2012 1:54:13 AM
