What will the Texas Supreme Court do about gay divorce? | Dallas Divorce Law Blog

Contents:

• DALLAS JUDGE: BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE UNNSTUTNAL: UPDATE
• GAY DIVORCE S BEFORE TEXAS SUPREME COURT
• TEXAS COURT TO RULE WHETHER GAY COUPL CAN DIVORCE STATE
• COURT TO HEAR GAY DIVORCE TEXAS, SPE GAY MARRIAGE BAN
• DALLAS APPEALS URT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS TEXAS AG'S CHALLENGE OF GAY DIVORCE
• WHAT WILL THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT DO ABOUT GAY DIVORCE?

DALLAS JUDGE: BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE UNNSTUTNAL: UPDATE

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GAY DIVORCE S BEFORE TEXAS SUPREME COURT

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" Her lg clears the way for two gay men to legally divorce Texas. The Texas attorney general had tervened the two men’s divorce se, argug that sce a gay marriage isn’t regnized Texas, a Texas urt n’t dissolve one through divorce. Hat tip to Roy Appleton of the Dallas Morng News for the article Dallas judge pav way for gay uple to get divorce October 1, 2009.

TEXAS COURT TO RULE WHETHER GAY COUPL CAN DIVORCE STATE

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COURT TO HEAR GAY DIVORCE TEXAS, SPE GAY MARRIAGE BAN

Judge Tena Callahan ma natnal headl this month when she led that a Dallas gay uple uld seek a divorce Texas to termate the marriage granted by the State of Massachets. See my prr post: Dallas Judge: Ban on Gay Marriage and Divorce Unnstutnal.

CLICK HERE TO READ BRIEFS FROM THE DALLAS GAY DIVORCE CASE. Nearly three years after the gay Dallas rint known as J. DALLAS -- A Texas state appeals urt is schled to hear arguments Wednday the se of a gay uple Dallas that was granted a divorce even though the state don't regnize same-sex Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealg the lower urt judge's lg on the grounds that protectg the "tradnal fn of marriage" means dog the same for 2005, Texas voters passed a nstutnal ban on same-sex marriage by a 3-to-1 marg even though state law already prohibed .

But gay and lbian upl who turn to the urts when they break up are gettg mixed rults across the natn. "The bottom le is that same-sex upl have fai and their fai have the same needs and problems, but often don't have the same rights, " said Jennifer Pizer, a lawyer for Lambda Legal, a natnal legal anizatn that promot equal rights for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people. "It really is an unenviable posn that the urts have put the upl , " said Karen Loewy, an attorney at the Gay and Lbian Advot and, a Republin seekg re-electn, argued urt filgs that bee the state don't regnize gay marriage there n be no divorce, but a gay uple n have a marriage void.

DALLAS APPEALS URT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS TEXAS AG'S CHALLENGE OF GAY DIVORCE

" The stute has filed a iend of the urt brief to the appeals urt on behalf of the two Republin state lawmakers who -sponsored the amendment banng gay marriage: state Rep. "Dallas divorce attorney Tom Greenwald said he's advisg gay upl to wa and see how thgs play out the urts.

"Naylor and Daly, who've been separated sce 2007, toyed wh the ia of one of them movg to a state where gay marriage is legal until a divorce is falized, but that didn't seem said that eventually, she and Daly, who had real tate-related bs and renovated hom, worked out a ctody arrangement for their now 4 1/2-year-old son.

DALLAS (Rters) - A judge Dallas led on Thursday that the state urt on which she ss has the jurisdictn to hear a divorce su by a gay uple who were married outsi Texas where same-sex marriag are District Judge Tena Callahan said the lg that her urt “has jurisdictn to hear a su for divorce filed by persons legally married another jurisdictn and who meet the rincy and other prerequis required to file for divorce Dallas County, Texas. ”Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott immediately said he would appeal the lg the latt battle over gay marriage the Uned Stat. Stat have laws explicly prohibg gay marriag and the issue, along wh abortn rights, is among the most divisive marriage is banned Texas by a voter-approved state nstutnal amendment.

WHAT WILL THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT DO ABOUT GAY DIVORCE?

Stat, mostly the northeast, have approved gay marriage though is beg challenged District of Columbia cy uncil voted on May 5 to regnize same-sex marriag performed stat where those unns are legal, even although gay marriag nnot be nducted Washgton D. Assistant Solicor General Jam Blacklock, who argued the se for the AG’s office, told a three-judge panel of the 5th urt of appeals that the gay uple shouldn’t be allowed to divorce Texas bee their marriage isn’t nsired valid unr state law. Sasser characterized gay divorce as an attack on same-sex marriage, but Schke noted that nstutnal issu didn’t arise the se until the AG’s office beme volved.

They also say voidance creat a separate stat for gays and lbians that vlat equal protectn. Authori reportedly were anticipatg monstratns by anti-gay or pro-gay groups. The Texas Supreme Court granted petn for review two Texas gay divorce s, In re J.