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Lesbians seeking first gay 'divorce' after three months
The Daily Telegraph ^ | May 19, 2006 | Jonathan Petre

Posted on 05/18/2006 11:46:56 PM PDT by MadIvan

A lesbian couple who could become the first to divorce after "marrying" just three months ago were warned by lawyers yesterday that they may have a long wait.

Liz King, 40, and Daphne Ligthard, 36, registered their civil partnership in Ashford, Kent, on Feb 11 before sharing a honeymoon in Amsterdam.

But the relationship soured after Miss Ligthard accused Miss King of seeing another woman who had been a guest at their "wedding". The couple are now splitting up and face the prospect of dividing their joint assets.

Miss Ligthard said that the break-up came after Miss King said she no longer loved her.

"Liz told me she didn't love me any more, that she hadn't done so for years. I was absolutely flabbergasted," she said.

"I asked her why she had gone through the wedding and she said it was to make me happy. But it was all her idea.

"She even asked if I would change my name by deed poll because she liked the sound of it. We seemed more in love than ever."

She said she noticed something was wrong after Miss King, an amateur triathlete who works in insurance, began spending a lot of time away from home and kept bringing another woman back to the house.

"Liz is into athletics and is a triathlete. She began spending a lot of time training with another girl at her athletics club," Miss Ligthard, who works for Eurostar, told The Sun newspaper.

"They were together every day and this girl began coming round to the house when I was at work."

Miss King said: "I have nothing to say except I feel sorry for Daphne at this time."

Lawyers said that, under the Civil Partnerships Act that came into force in December, the couple could not terminate their partnership until it had been in existence for at least a year.

Moreover, in contrast to marriage, adultery was not recognised as grounds for ending a civil partnership, though unreasonable behaviour could be cited.

Mark Harper, a divorce specialist with the London law firm Withers, said that the dissolution of a partnership was almost exactly the same as any other divorce.

"The court would look at the assets that existed at the start of the relationship," he said. "The presumption would be that assets built up during the course of a relationship would be equally divided even if one partner earned much more than the other."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bogus; divorce; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; licketysplit
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I think we conservatives can now turn around to the gay marriage lobby and say, "Told you so". There are many fine gay people, but these repeated attempts to somehow make the gay lifestyle fit into a heterosexual model just is a dead end.

Regards, Ivan

1 posted on 05/18/2006 11:46:58 PM PDT by MadIvan
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To: Watery Tart; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; pax_et_bonum; Alkhin; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 05/18/2006 11:47:37 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan

3 posted on 05/18/2006 11:49:42 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative
Maybe this one will work better.


4 posted on 05/18/2006 11:50:53 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: MadIvan

ROTFLMAO! As if no one saw this coming!


5 posted on 05/18/2006 11:50:58 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: MadIvan

Personally I find it rather silly that gays getting divorced is taken to signify anything more or less than straights getting divorced.


6 posted on 05/18/2006 11:53:35 PM PDT by AntiGuv (How is Mexico our friend?)
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To: MadIvan

the wages of sluttishness is quick separation....


8 posted on 05/19/2006 12:30:15 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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I think it is obvious that they were unable to consumate their so-called marriage.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

9 posted on 05/19/2006 12:32:45 AM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: MadIvan

This story is making my hot.


10 posted on 05/19/2006 12:35:45 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny

This story is making your hot...what?


11 posted on 05/19/2006 12:48:25 AM PDT by Bender
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To: Bender

Making my me hot.

I should proofread more often, I guess.


12 posted on 05/19/2006 12:52:06 AM PDT by leadpenny
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The couple are now splitting up and face the prospect of dividing their joint assets.

"OK. You can take 'Thruster, but I get 'Penetrato.'"

13 posted on 05/19/2006 2:23:35 AM PDT by Socratic ("I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.")
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To: Paleo Conservative
I'm watcing Fred and Ginger in "Swing Time" on TCM right now. Hope that doesn't mean I have tendencies.
14 posted on 05/19/2006 2:35:46 AM PDT by leadpenny
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But the relationship soured after Miss Ligthard accused Miss King of seeing another woman who had been a guest at their "wedding". The couple are now splitting up and face the prospect of dividing their joint assets.

Sounds like a Soap Opera

15 posted on 05/19/2006 2:43:56 AM PDT by Mo1 (DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
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Liz King, 40, and Daphne Ligthard, 36

Lick king and Lick hard

Don't tell ME there's nothing in a name ... no one names their daughter Jezebel.

16 posted on 05/19/2006 2:44:21 AM PDT by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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...no one names their daughter Jezebel.

At least, not yet.

17 posted on 05/19/2006 3:05:02 AM PDT by Socratic ("I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.")
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To: MadIvan

I see a dildo custody battle on the horizon.


18 posted on 05/19/2006 3:08:33 AM PDT by sargunner (f)
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I think we conservatives can now turn around to the gay marriage lobby and say, "Told you so". There are many fine gay people, but these repeated attempts to somehow make the gay lifestyle fit into a heterosexual model just is a dead end.

If you don't know any straight people who have divorced after only a few months of marriage, come to the States and I'll introduce you to my sister. She did it twice -- first marriage lasted seven weeks and the second marriage lasted five months.

19 posted on 05/19/2006 3:14:09 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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"She said she noticed something was wrong after Miss King, an amateur triathlete who works in insurance, began spending a lot of time away from home and kept bringing another woman back to the house."

This one is not going to be sending any rockets into space.

Is this known in England as "being called on the carpet"?

20 posted on 05/19/2006 3:46:12 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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