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Thursday, June 12
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Source: Providence Journal , Associated Press via Boston Globe RI marriage/divorce PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -- A state trial court judge here dismissed a case from a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts who are trying to obtain a divorce in Rhode Island. But the judge also raised serious questions about the constitutionality of Rhode Island's current laws regarding divorce. In her ruling Superior Court Judge Patricia A. Hurst asked if the act that established the Family Court, which is charged with handling divorces, "impermissibly deprives spouses in a same-sex marriage to equal protection...
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Wednesday, May 07
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Source: Associated Press via Boston.com , ABC6 , Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, RI -- The debate over gay marriage -- and gay divorce -- is taking center stage at the Rhode Island State House today as the issue continues a long and tortuous journey through the state's courts. Lawmakers are talking about several proposed changes to state law. They range from a bill that would allow gay couples to marry, to a constitutional amendment that would do just the opposite, defining marriage as between one man and one woman. The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hear testimony Wednesday on several...
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Tuesday, March 18
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Source: St. Joseph News-Press , Associated Press via Boston Herald , KY3 TV ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - A lesbian’s request for an annulment from her lesbian partner has created a legal quandary for a circuit judge. Missouri doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages from other states. Charisse Sparks and Janet Peters Mauceri Sparks married each other in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year, Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County Circuit Court to dissolve the marriage. The filing is a legal challenge in a state that voted overwhelmingly four years ago to limit marriage...
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Friday, December 14
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Source: Providence Journal and Boston Globe PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Less than a week after the Rhode Island Supreme Court said a same-sex couple could not get divorced in Family Court, one of the Providence women involved in the groundbreaking case filed for divorce yesterday in Superior Court, the main state trial court. The new filing is a tactical move intended to skirt a major roadblock caused by a recent state Supreme Court ruling. Margaret R. Chambers and Cassandra B. Ormiston married in Fall River in May 2004 shortly after Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same...
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Friday, December 07
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Source: Providence Journal Providence, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court has ruled that a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts may not divorce in Rhode Island. The court was split, 3-2, on the decision. In the case, the court was asked by the Rhode Island Family Court whether Margaret R. Chambers and Cassandra B. Ormiston, two women who were married in Massachusetts, could divorce in Rhode Island. Chambers and Ormiston married in Fall River in May 2004, shortly after Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Chambers filed for divorce last year in Rhode...
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