Gay Dallas man files Texas’ first same-sex divorce petition

Dallas Voice ^ | Jan 21 09 | Dallas voice

[GSP.FAN]

A gay Dallas man who married his husband in 2006 when they lived in Massachusetts has filed what is believed to be Texas’ first same-sex divorce petition.

[GSP.FAN]

The petition, filed Wednesday, Jan. 21 in Dallas County’s 302nd District Court, sets up a legal fight over whether Texas courts can grant divorces to same-sex couples who’ve married in other states.

Texas, which has a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman, doesn’t recognize same-sex mariages from other states. In 2003, the state Attorney General’s Office ruled that a same-sex couple from Beaumont couldn’t use a Texas court to dissolve the civil union they obtained in Vermont.

This should be very interesting....

[Mojave]

Which husband will the court be biased against?

[dfwgator]

Who’ll get to keep the Barbra Streisand CDs?

[Secret Agent Man]

The court should state that since Texas does not recognize their marriage, they need to go back to Massachusettes and file for divorce there.

[spikeytx86]

I hate to see these things happen. Same Sex divorce is always hardest on the Labradoodle.

[MathDoc]

Texas, which has a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman, doesn’t recognize same-sex mariages from other states. In 2003, the state Attorney General’s Office ruled that a same-sex couple from Beaumont couldn’t use a Texas court to dissolve the civil union they obtained in Vermont.

If judges believed in following the law, this would be a no-brainer. Two people who are not married cannot get divorced. If they've been pretending to be married, that's not the court's problem; they can stop pretending and go their own way. Case closed.

[cripplecreek]

I was thinking the same thing. This is likely a ploy

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>The court should state that since Texas does not recognize their marriage, they need to go back to Massachusettes and file for divorce there.<<<

Exactly. Case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

[GSP.FAN]

I think it is more serious than that,i would presume the lawyers will try to argue this all the way to the supreme court..

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I lol’d! That’s a good one.

[50mm]

Who gets custody of the "baby?"

[Izzy Dunne]

What about the kids - they're always caught in the middle of a situation like....

Oh, wait.

[pissant]

Good to see Mitt’s legacy spread across the country, ain’t it?

[truthkeeper]

I don’t know how much more progress I can take.

[GSP.FAN]

Yes it is a ploy they will try to argue this all the way to the supreme court.
Texas must recognize other states marriage laws.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

I am sure they will fight over the hand drawn and blown pyrex b-plugs and antique c-rings.

[GSP.FAN]

Do not worry about the progress..
Worry about the hope and change.

[Dallas59]

Think of the children!!!

[GQuagmire]

In fairness to Mitt,it was the Mass. Supreme Court who unleashed this. And of course the MA state Legislature has blocked letting this go to the voters, twice. Romney really had nothing to do with it

[cripplecreek]

Just curious.

Is this an appropriate gift for a homosexual baby shower?