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If there is one thing that the people are entitled to expect from their lawmakers, it is rules of law that will enable individuals to tell whether they are married and, if so, to whom.

Justice Robert H. Jackson
u.s. supreme court

 

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Austin v. Austin

 

Two women who formalized a civil union in Vermont sought to dissolve the civil union in Virginia. The state trial court held that it lacked authority to dissolve the civil union because of the state’s marriage protection amendment and defense of marriage act.

Citation: Austin v. Austin, No. CL07-607 (Va. Cir. Ct. May 27, 2008) (Roanoke County) (VLW 008-8-139).

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