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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...