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Divorce for LGBTQIA+ Couples: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls

If you’re considering ending your marriage, you may wonder if the process is different for LGBTQIA+ couples. Massachusetts law doesn’t distinguish between same-sex or gay marriage and heterosexual unions. Still, some legal challenges remain when it comes to divorce for LGBTQIA+ couples. LGBTQIA+ Divorce Rules Lag Behind Same-Sex Law in Massachusetts Our state is a […]

Divorce for LGBTQIA+ Couples: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls in Massachusetts

Because the laws of Massachusetts did not recognize the marriage of LGBTQIA+ couples for so many years, these couples face added challenges when they divorce. The laws covering many questions are still evolving. It is important to work with a legal team that knows how to recognize and act to avoid the potential pitfalls. Establishing […]

U.S. Supreme Court rules on same-sex marriage

Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to recognize gay marriage when it began allowing same-sex couples to marry in 2004. Public attitudes toward gay marriage have since evolved, and a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has settled any lingering legal questions raised by the issue. The June 26 decision gives gay couples in […]

Same-sex divorce of couple wed in Massachusetts upheld in Texas

While same-sex couples are increasingly being allowed to get married and have the union legally recognized, there are hovering questions about same-sex divorce. Massachusetts is important in a vast number of these cases as it was there that many of the couples were first able to legally marry. This was the situation with two women […]

Supreme Court puts same-sex marriages on docket

Massachusetts residents may be interested to know that the Supreme Court has the issue of whether states can ban same-sex marriages on its docket. They are expected to rule on that issue in 2015 just as the presidential races gather speed. Politicians are being pressed to go on record about their stances on same-sex marriages […]

Massachusetts same-sex divorces

Unfortunately, just like heterosexual couples, many same-sex couples will experience a disintegrating marriage and will need a divorce as a result. Although same-sex couples face the same sorts of issues and challenges that heterosexual divorcing couples do, there are particular and additional matters that same sex couples may need to address. If you are preparing […]

Same-sex divorce in Massachusetts

Some same-sex couples may find themselves in a situation in which they need to divorce one another. If you are in a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and believe you may wish to divorce your spouse, you will have to consider several things. Your divorce will deal with many of the same issues, such as property […]

Number of states in which same-sex marriage deemed legal grows

While same sex-marriage is currently recognized in the state of Massachusetts, readers are likely aware that this is not the case throughout the nation. Action recently taken by the U.S. Supreme Court may have gone a long way toward changing that. In most cases, it is the decision of the court that makes law. In […]

Issues that could arise when same-sex couples seek to divorce

Same-sex couples who marry often encounter the same trials as opposite sex couples. This means that as is the case when a man and woman marry, there are times when the marriage between a same-sex couple will end. When this happens they will have to address the same issues as opposite sex divorcing couples do, […]