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This website focuses on the interjurisdictional recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.

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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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Gonzalez v. Green

 

Same-sex partner sought divorce based on marriage celebrated in Massachusetts. The court held that the marriage was ultra vires under Massachusetts law and denied the petition for divorce.

Documents

Trial Court

  • Decision (Dec. 28, 2006) (reported at 14 Misc. 3d 641, 831 N.Y.S.2d 856)

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