But What Happened to Our Connecticut Civil Union?
One of the questions clients ask Freed Marcroft’s lawyers is what happened to their Connecticut civil union once Connecticut same sex couples were able to marry. As you may recall, civil unions for same sex couples were a concept introduced in Vermont in 2000. In April 2005, Connecticut enacted a civil union law, making it the first state […]
Now that Tax Day has Passed, Should Same Sex Married Couples Amend Prior Tax Returns?
What was so special about Tax Day for some married couples? Yesterday, the final day to file 2013 tax returns without an extension, thousands of legally married same sex couples filed federal income tax returns using either the “married filing jointly” or “married filing separately” filing status for the very first time. This is because, […]
The Full Faith and Credit Clause and Same Sex Marriage: Why Aren’t States Required to Recognize Out of State Marriages?
So why aren’t states required to recognize marriages performed in other states?
Article 4, Section 1 of the United States Constitution reads:
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings
Hartford and New Haven Score at the Top of 2013 Human Rights Campaign LGBT Municipal Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign and Equality Federation have released their second annual national Municipal Equality Index, an evaluation of a “city’s laws and policies and an examination of how inclusive city services are of LGBT people.” Cities are rated on a scale of 0-100, based on the city’s laws, policies, benefits, and services. There are 100 […]
Connecticut Jurisdiction Over Divorce for Non-Residents in Same Sex Marriages
Meghan’s recent posts about cases pending in Texas and Mississippi address the difficulty people in same sex marriages can have locating a court who will grant them a divorce if their marriage doesn’t work. I thought it made sense to explore further whether Connecticut can grant divorces to same sex couples who married here, but who reside elsewhere. Connecticut law, […]
Mississippi Case Latest to Address Difficulties Same Sex Couples Can Have Attempting to Divorce
We have written about the difficulty married same sex couples can face in finding a court to grant a divorce when they live in a state that does not recognize their marriage. In addition to the Texas cases discussed previously, now Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham has filed a divorce complaint in Mississippi chancery court, effectively asking “one […]
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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Happy Anniversary, Connecticut!
Five years ago today, same sex couples began marrying in Connecticut. News coverage and photos from that day are available on GLAD’s website.
When the Connecticut marriage equality decision — Elizabeth Kerrigan et al v. Commissioner of Public Health et al — was released, we could not have predicted the massive
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.
Freed Marcroft Called by WNPR’s Where We Live to Comment on Breaking United States Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage
Meghan Freed was called by WNPR’s Where We Live to comment as news broke of that the United States Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor. The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricted the federal interpretation of “marriage” and “spouse” to apply only to heterosexual unions, […]
