Posted on 07/01/2015 8:39:12 AM PDT by massmike
The first same-sex divorce in Louisiana was granted about two hours before the first legally sanctioned same-sex wedding took place.
Two New Orleans women, Anna Wellman and Stephanie Baus, who married in Massachusetts in 2009, made bittersweet history by filing for divorce in Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Friday (June 26) -- something they couldn't have done before the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week because Louisiana law did not recognize same-sex weddings performed out of state.
The divorce was made official Monday in a proceeding that lasted just minutes and concluded before 11 a.m., without the fanfare and media attention of the wedding ceremony that would take place shortly before 1 p.m. in another courtroom, Judge Paulette Irons said Tuesday.
Hoffman said the the Baus and Wellman's parting was amicable, but Friday's Supreme Court decision could lead to a flurry of litigation, as same-sex couples who have been married in other states seek divorces in Louisiana.
Like heterosexual couples, same-sex spouses can have complex and contentious partings, but those splits have been managed without state laws that prescribe how marital property and child custody is to be handled, Hoffman said.
"This Supreme Court decision is going to open up a lot of potential litigation," Hoffman said. "We don't even know what is going to happen. When does their community property regime begin? Does it begin on Friday? Does it begin when they got married? We've got a lot of legal issues that have to be settled."
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That seems queer.
I suspect this will be the conversation going on in many gay households.
“Hooray, we can finally get married, like you promised we would once gay marriage was legalized.”
“Uhhhh, can we talk about this first?”
Relationship over.
Divorce lawyers are doing the happy dance. “More business! Yay!”
Gosh! Another long-term, committed relationship gone by the boards.
Wonder if abuse was a factor?
Had a homosexual couple in a former church and the Rector was fond of referring to them as a long-term, committed couple. Then one day I called his attention to how the submissive in the relationship was quite accident prone and was usually wearing make-up to hide the results of his..um..clumsiness.
They broke up shortly thereafter and I remarked to the Rector the remarks I made above, "Another long-term, committed relationship by the boards."
In other news, Michael Sam, football wannabe who couldn't even cut it in the CFL, caught his fiance cheating on him. Guess they will cancel the bridal bridle registry.
Yep. They opened a can of worms that they won’t be able to get closed ever again. Then; being furious, they’ll have to hold further marches for more *rights*.
I've known a few truly long term homosexual couples & have considered most to be friends, but for the vast majority "long term" amounts to about two years & the break up is rarely congenial.
That’s what I keep saying... Just wait for the divorces to start. They’ll soon realize they’ve been duped.
Marriage was never a “right.” It’s a legal agreement between a man and a woman because only they can procreate. Marriage law is supposed to protect their family unit. It was supposed to keep society stable.
Of course, as we all know, it really doesn’t, anymore, because marriage law has become so twisted through the years. So now...
Just wait ‘til these same-sex couples are standing in court, and the court orders one to pay his/her cheating “spouse” alimony and gives primary custody to the cheater. Or the court orders one spouse to pay half of his/her “spouse’s” debt - debt he/she didn’t even know the other spouse had.
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