How Do Same Sex Married Couples Divorce if the State They Live in Doesn’t Recognize Their Marriage and It Fails?
There is an old adage that it is should be as difficult to get married as it is to get divorced. Well, same sex spouses who were married in a state that recognizes same sex marriage but reside in a state that doesn’t may literally have to move in order to obtain a dissolution of […]
Meghan Freed on Same Sex Loss of Consortium Claims
Meghan Freed was featured in a Connecticut Law Tribune article entitled “DOMA Decision Brings Wave of Litigation Involving Same-Sex Partners.” A partner in a same-sex couple, Charlotte Stacey, sought loss-of-consortium damages in the same medical malpractice case that saw the estate of her deceased partner, Margaret Mueller, collect $2.45 million. The trial court and then […]
