Kristen Marcroft to Participate in Connecticut Bar Association Symposium
Kristen Marcroft will be a panelist in a symposium the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section is presenting tomorrow, November 22 in conjunction with the University of Connecticut School of Law’s Lambda Law Society.
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When a Marriage Fails, Same Sex Legally Married Couples Might Not Be Able to Divorce
One of the rights we associate with marriage, is, when a marriage fails, the right to end that marriage.
At the same time that Illinois is on the brink of becoming the fifteenth state to allow gay couples to legally wed, two Texas same sex couples are trying to find a court to grant them a divorce.
California Light: The Connecticut Cooperative Post-Adoption Agreement
Can a child have three parents? In California she sure can. This week the New York Times published an article about a California bill just signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The new law allows the courts to recognize situations when a child has three or more legal parents. This has implications for same sex couples, because of […]
On the (Maybe) Eve of the Supreme Court’s DOMA Decision: Love and Marriage and Prenups
I (Meghan) find myself, on what could be the eve of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor (the case which will likely determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”)), drafting a prenuptial agreement in advance of a same sex couple’s wedding. The timing of this agreement reminds me, […]
March Madness: The Same Sex Marriage Edition
One of the things I miss about working in a large law firm is a robust and festive March Madness pool. (Remembering that the last time I was in a large Connecticut firm, the UConn men were contenders with fewer academic “struggles.” The UConn women, of course, were as outstanding both on the court and in the classroom […]
Love and Taxes
As followers of Freed Marcroft’s Facebook page are well aware, this week the United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments of two landmark cases impacting the rights of same sex couples in America — Hollingsworth v. Perry on Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative in California, and Windsor v. United States on the federal Defense of Marriage […]
Love and Marriage
Although we spend a significant amount of our practice devoted to helping clients end their marriages as civilly, healthfully, and respectfully as possible, Freed Marcroft loves love. And, we love that the Illinois Senate chose Valentine’s Day as the day to hold a vote approving marriage equality. Same sex marriage is not yet legal in Illinois, the House […]
