Same-Sex Divorce

Now that same-sex marriages are legal in some jursidictions, the next thing the law will need to address is how to handle same-sex divorce issues.  The following is from Same-sex divorce raises new questions for states, CNN.com, Nov. 22, 2006:

A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage. * * *

Rhode Island Family Court Chief Judge Jeremiah Jeremiah Jr. has yet to decide whether his court has jurisdiction and said he believes it is the first filing for a same-sex divorce in the state. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for December 5.