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Contents:

• FIRST GAY DIVORCE FALIZED COLORADO
• I GOT GAY MARRIED. I GOT GAY DIVORCED. I REGRET BOTH.
• FIRST GAY MARRIAGE, NOW GAY DIVORCE
• FIRST GAY DIVORCE GRANTED
• FIRST GAY DIVORCE BEFORE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE NEW ORLEANS
• CALIFORNIA GETS S FIRST GAY DIVORCE — OM A THREE-DAY MARRIAGE
• LBIAN UPLE WHO GOT HCHED SHORTLY AFTER GAY MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL NEW YORK STATE SET TO BEE ONE OF FIRST GAY DIVORC
• JUDGE GRANTS 1ST GAY DIVORCE FLORIDA
• GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE
• THE GAY DIVORCEE
• FIRST GAY DIVORC FILED IN MASS.
• COUNTRY'S FIRST GAY DIVORCE FIRM OPENS IN PHILALPHIA
• FIRST GAY DIVORCE - SOUTH AI

FIRST GAY DIVORCE FALIZED COLORADO

The first gay divorce has been falized ColoradoSupporters%3A The cisn sets a precent for gay upl married other stat who want to splLawyer%3A Confn exists on how gay upl n divorce and the issue vari by stateDENVER (AP) — Supporters of Colorado's new civil unns law say the first state lg of s kd clarg a same-sex divorce fal sets a precent for gay upl married other stat who want to legally termate their relatnships Colorado whout uprootg their Yim and Lorelei Jon wed Massachetts 2009, where same-sex marriage is legal. Colorado is one of several stat that treat gay and straight upl the same almost every rpect through civil unns or domtic partnerships.

Gay upl are not allowed to marry Colorado, but n get divorced there unr state stat' gay marriage laws require -state rincy to dissolve a relatnship. Gay-rights advot ntend the requirement is more than an nvenience bee n put liv on hold for those who have moved to different lawyer Kyle Martelon said there is some nfn on how gay upl n get divorced, and the issu are different other stat. "Colorado's civil unn law, which took effect May 1, provis legal protectns cludg divisn of property, fancial rponsibily between former spo, parental visatn and child support to spltg upl, provid one volved dividual has lived Colorado for more than 90 new law prohibs anyone who is married or a civil unn another state om enterg a civil unn Colorado wh someone other than their legally regnized and Suzie Calv have been iends sce high school and plan to marry next May 1, most likely another state unls Colorado's ban on gay marriage is overturned, which is unlikely to happen soon.

Katrien BlwerLOS ANGELES — In 2008, gay marriage was so new, my wife and I had a hard time fdg a lawyer to help legally jo our liv 2013, gay divorce was so new, I had a hard time fdg a lawyer to take our marriage fell love the ’90s, when gettg legally married wasn’t somethg two women uld do.

I GOT GAY MARRIED. I GOT GAY DIVORCED. I REGRET BOTH.

Why nothg we tried — dividual and marriage therapy, romantic vatns, trial separatns — uld fix 2013 I Googled “gay divorce lawyer” and found only “gay fay law” attorneys. We’d argued wh the haters and we’d argued wh the gay people who said that legal marriage would -opt , dimish , turn to a riture of “normal” married people. “Yours won’t be my first gay divorce, ” the lawyer told me, “and I guarantee you, won’t be my last.

The laws were such flux, he said, that both gay people who wanted to marry and gay people who wanted to divorce were twistg the shiftg the lawyer and I had our first, $350-an-hour nversatn, same-sex marriage was outlawed 37 stat and legal 13 (and the District of Columbia). The thrill of that triumph, of beg a gay person wh the legal regnn of a straight person, ran through me as always had. ” In the se of gay marriage, for me, the polil was a personal disaster.

FIRST GAY MARRIAGE, NOW GAY DIVORCE

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn SR, Page 8 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay Marriage to Gay Divorce.

FIRST GAY DIVORCE GRANTED

It’s only been one week sce same-sex marriage beme legal Mnota, but the state already has s first gay divorce. BOSTON – Ls than seven months after same-sex upl began tyg the knot Massachetts, the state is seeg s first gay divorc (search).

"Exactly how many same-sex upl are seekg divorc is not clear — nor is clear whether any gay divorc have bee fal — bee not all unti keep track of which divorce filgs are om first gay divorce se Suffolk County, which clus Boston, was filed Wednday by a male uple who exchanged vows on May 22, five days after same-sex marriage was partner was a 33-year-old relig tor om Boston, the other a 39-year-old profsor based Washgton. Massachetts began sanctng gay marriag (search) on May 17, six months after a landmark lg by the state Supreme Court.

FIRST GAY DIVORCE BEFORE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE NEW ORLEANS

Acrdg to the state Registry of Val Rerds, at least 4, 266 gay marriage certifit have sce been issued, although there is a lag time the rerds and hundreds more may have wed this year.

Hampshire County reportg a divorce filg wh about two months of the first gay weddgs.

CALIFORNIA GETS S FIRST GAY DIVORCE — OM A THREE-DAY MARRIAGE

Middlex County (search), which is the state's largt and clus Cambridge, Lowell and other outlyg muni, received s first gay divorce se on Dec.

LBIAN UPLE WHO GOT HCHED SHORTLY AFTER GAY MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL NEW YORK STATE SET TO BEE ONE OF FIRST GAY DIVORC

Opponents of gay marriage said the divorc, occurrg so soon after the weddgs, nfirm that gay upl are not equipped for marriage. "We're not surprised, " said Kris Me, print of the Massachetts Fay Instute, which is fightg for a nstutnal amendment to ban gay marriage.

JUDGE GRANTS 1ST GAY DIVORCE FLORIDA

"Particularly among male homosexuals, the promiscuy is jt phenomenal. "Wh the natnal divorce rate hoverg near 50 percent, gay rights advot dismissed such arguments. "That's a cheap shot, " said gay rights attorney Mary Bonto, who reprented seven gay upl the landmark Massachetts lawsu.

Here is everythg you need to know about gay divorce should your gay marriage e to an end. Before we get to the specifics of gay divorce, let’s first discs a brief history of the fight to ga marriage equaly the Uned Stat. Wh that w for the gay muny, an even bigger landmark se would ga steam after first beg troduced 2012.

Alabama and Texas held out as long as they uld, but gay marriage is officially legal all stat, cludg terrori.

GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE

We’re talkg about the first gay divorc that me after gay marriage beme legal. At this pot, only stat that accepted gay marriage as legal would allow divorce proceedgs.

In May 2013, Delaware and Mnota legalized gay marriage as well as allowg non-rint gay upl to obta a divorce legally through their urts. Navigatg gay divorce do not have to be stly if you approach rponsibly.

Learn more about the nuanc of gay divorce om the Cash Wise Ex-Wiv, Kayla Sloan and Shanah Bell. The women open up about their marriag and subsequent divorc, wh tips and rourc to help you navigate your gay divorce whout gog broke. In fact, lbians tend to get divorced twice as much as gay upl.

THE GAY DIVORCEE

Oppose-sex marriag are somewhere between lbian and gay marriag that end divorce.

What are the basics of a divorce, gay divorce, straight divorce or otherwise? Now that gay marriage is legal across the Uned Stat, gay divorce looks much the same as a straight divorce. Before gay marriage was legal, many upl chose a civil unn or domtic partnership.

Where you live (muny property state or not) n also terme the divisn of bts a gay divorce. Let’s look at two s when the legal parent and non-legal parent went through the gay divorce procs. Wh a gay divorce, the amount of time married pared to the time a relatnship may e to qutn.

FIRST GAY DIVORC FILED IN MASS.

While not mon, palimony exists far more same-sex relatnships than oppose-sex, pecially nsirg that many stat, gay marriage has only been legal sce 2015. The figur are the same whether you’re straight or gay and gog through a divorce. Fanc are a huge part of a relatnship, and they bee all-important durg a divorce, whether you’re gay or straight.

COUNTRY'S FIRST GAY DIVORCE FIRM OPENS IN PHILALPHIA

The typ of arrangements n alleviate the strs of future divorce and even make gay divorce more amible than would have been the absence of an agreement.

FIRST GAY DIVORCE - SOUTH AI

Gog through mediatn is another way to save money and make gay divorce more amible.

Hillary and Julie Goodridge, 52 and 51 rpectively, who led the fight to legalize gay marriage Massachetts filed for divorce last week Suffolk Probate and Fay Court after announcg their separatn Goodridg were among seven gay upl who filed a lawsu 2001 challengg the state's gay marriage ban.

The se led to a state Supreme Judicial Court lg that ma Massachetts the first state to regnize same-sex lbian uple wed on the first day same-sex marriage was legalized the state, May 17, Isaacson, of the Massachetts Gay and Lbian Polil Cc, said that the Goodridg are a uple like any other. We get married like they do and unfortunately, we will be gettg divorc like they do, and we really are no different, " she said, acrdg to Me, print of the Massachetts Fay Instute, a Juo-Christian-based public policy group that fought to repeal gay marriage, had another take on the divorce.