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Same-Sex Unions in the Conflict of Laws

Focuses on the interjurisdictional recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.
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Last Entry: January 10, 2009 at 07:30:53

NH anti-recognition bill reintroduced

Posted on January 10, 2009
Two New Hampshire lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to end their state’s recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages as civil unions.

France not recognizing UK civil partnerships

Posted on January 09, 2009
France is still refusing to recognize civil partnerships formalized in the United Kingdom, according to an article posted on Mondaq.com.

DOMA author calls for repeal of law

Posted on January 05, 2009
Bob Barr, the who drafted the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as a member of Congress, has called for the repeal of the law in an op-ed piece appearing today in the Los Angeles Times.

La. to apeal adoption ruling

Posted on December 31, 2008
Louisiana will appeal a federal court ruling that ordered it to list two men on their adoptive son’s birth certificate, according to the Associated Press.

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N.Y. affirms local recognition order

Posted on December 30, 2008
On narrow grounds, a New York appellate court has affirmed a county executive’s order to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages as marrages.

Cyprus gives only limited recognition

Posted on December 19, 2008
The Ombudswoman of Cyprus has criticized that country’s immigration agency for giving the foreign same-sex spouses of Cypriots only limited recognition, the Cyprus Mail reported.

N.M. bll includes recognition provision

Posted on December 16, 2008
A domestic partnership bill that has been introduced in the New Mexico Senate incudes a provision that would recognize out-of-state same-sex unions.

N.M. bill includes recognition provision

Posted on December 16, 2008
A domestic partnership bill that has been introduced in the New Mexico Senate incudes a provision that would recognize out-of-state same-sex unions.

Conn. to offer new marriage destination

Posted on October 11, 2008
With the Connecticut Supreme Court poised to order its state to allow same-sex couples to marry, couples everywhere will soon have a new place to celebrate a same-sex marriage.

Nonresidents Marrying in Cal.

Posted on October 09, 2008
A significant number of nonresident same-sex couples have celebrated marriages in California since same-sex marriage became legal there earlier this year, according to a demographer at a gay-oriented think tank.

Lots of nonresidents marrying in Cal.

McCain & Obama on Recognition

Posted on September 28, 2008
As Election Day draws near, the Associated Press has summarized the positions of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which purports to authorize U.S. states to disregard same-sex marriages celebrated in other states.

McCain, Obama split on DOMA

Out Utah legislator urges no recognition suits

Posted on June 18, 2008
Although expressing his desire to marry in California, an out Utah legislator has urged same-sex couples not to sue for recognition of their California marriages in Utah.

Cal. events renew talk of Pa. amendment

Posted on June 17, 2008
Same-sex marriages in California has renewed talk of amending the Pennsylvania Constitution to ban recognition of same-sex marriages.

Cal. recognition roundup

Posted on June 17, 2008
A variety of news reports surrounding the first same-sex marriages in California have touched on the issue of interstate recognition.

NY ambivalence about recognition

Posted on June 13, 2008
New York voters are ambivalent about Gov. David A. Paterson’s recent directive that state agencies recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, a new poll finds.

Groups warn against recognition lawsuits

Posted on June 11, 2008
Major gay-rights organizations have issued a memorandum advising non-resident same-sex couples who marry in California to avoid seeking recognition elsewhere through litigation.

Cal. couples face resistance elsewhere

Posted on June 11, 2008
California same-sex couples who marry will face resistance to recognition of their marriages when they travel out-of-state, the San Jose Mercury News has advised.

Divorce and other complications

Posted on June 10, 2008
Non-resident same-sex couples who get married in California may not be able to divorce and may face other legal difficulties, the Wall Street Journal reports.

12,000 N.Y. couples to wed in Cal.?

Posted on June 09, 2008
A gay think-tank estimates that 12,000 New York same-sex couples will get married in California in the next three years.

Va. voids, not dissolves, Vt. civil union

Posted on June 09, 2008
A Virginia trial court has voided, not dissolved, the civil union that two Virginia women formalized in Vermont in 2002.

Va. S. Ct. Avoids Vt. Custody Dispute

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Virginia Supreme Court has avoided further adjudication of an interstate custody dispute involving former parties to a Vermont civil union.

Cal. hoping for wedding tourism

Posted on June 05, 2008
When same-sex marriage becomes available in California, the state may reap an economic windfall from wedding tourism, reports the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law.

Cal. official advises to register and marry

Posted on June 05, 2008
California’s Secretary of State has advised same-sex couples who marry that they also should register as domestic partners in order to facilitate interstate recognition.

Cal. S. Ct. refuses to delay order

Posted on June 05, 2008
The California Supreme Court has rejected petitions from opponents of same-sex marriage and state attorneys general to stay its order requiring California to authorize same-sex marriages.

Koppelman renews critique

Posted on June 05, 2008
In a commentary in the Chicago Tribune, Professor Andrew Koppelman says authorization of same-sex marriage will complicate the interstate recognition issue and renews his criticism of policies of blanket non-recognition in other states.

Antigay group sues N.Y. Gov. over recognition

Posted on June 04, 2008
An antigay group has followed through on its vow to sue New York Governor David Paterson in an attempt to overturn his directive ordering state agencies to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Cal. to vote on marriage in November

Posted on June 03, 2008
The California Secretary of State has verified for the November election a ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to overturn the recent California Supreme Court decision requiring the state to authorize same-sex marriages.

Mo. AG joins request for Cal. delay

Posted on June 03, 2008
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed his own brief asking the California Supreme Court to stay its order requiring the state to authorize same-sex marriages.

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