Rhode Island Same-Sex Divorce Case Moves to Superior Court
As we detailed in the most recent post, the same-sex marriage partners who wish to file for divorce in the state of Rhode Island were denied the chance to do so by the state Supreme Court.
However, lawyers for the two unhappy partners who wed in Massachusetts but now live in Rhode Island are not taking “no” for an answer. As various local and national news sources have reported, the divorce case has been moved to a Rhode Island superior court, which has more jurisdiction than the family court in which it was originally presented.
This may be the final option for the two women, beyond having one of them move to Massachusetts and filing for divorce in a Massachusetts court.
Read more about the case on Total Divorce!
January 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I do not understand the completely unfair standard put upon same sex marriages. It is almost as though they have to be a better married couple than a straight married couple and when things don’t work out they have to fight again to get the divorce. As is the fight for the marriage was not enough. I just read an article about this case on the website I work for, http://www.firstwivesworld.com. It is an online community for women navigating throuhg the various stages of divorce. It is interesting to hear a straight divorced woman’s perspective on this topic.
Ann Marie Miller