Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard that yesterday, the last day of the term, the United States Supreme Court released two history-making decisions related to the rights of
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Issue of Same-Sex Marriage Remains Big News in New Jersey
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Same sex marriage remains a hot news item these days with the passage into law of the right to marry, most recently in Washington and in other states. Within the…
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NJ Judge Allows Law Suit Seeking Marriage Instead of Civil Unions to Go Forward
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As reported in the Star Ledger and other news sources, on Friday, November 4, 2011, Judge Linda Feinberg said same-sex couples don’t have a fundamental right to marry, but they…
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Same Sex Couples in NJ to File Lawsuit Seeking Civil Unions to be Recognized as Marriages
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On the heels of the new NY law permitting same-sex marriages, the issue has been constantly in the news of late (and the subject of our prior posts on the new…
Though NY Will Have Same-Sex Marriage, Governor Christie Says NJ Will Not
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As we blogged yesterday, NY passed a law allowing same-sex marriage and divorce. While I am sure that many were hopeful in NJ, Governor Christie swiftly dashed those hopes on…
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New York State Passes Bill Approving Same Sex Marriage
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On June 24, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill approving same sex-marriage. The law goes in to effect in 30 days though religious institutions…
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Read Leslie Spoltore's Post on Delware's New Civil Union Bill
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Leslie Spoltore, a partner in our Wilmington, Delaware office, wrote a post on the Delaware Trial Practice Blog entitled "Civil Union Bill Provides For Divorce/Annulment In the Delaware Family Court."…
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California’s Prop 8 Struck Down by Federal Court
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In what could be the precursor to a long-awaited battle before the United States Supreme Court, a federal court in California today struck down as unconstitutional the controversial, voter-approved "Proposition 8" law banning …
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NJ Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Attack on Inequities of Civil Union Statute
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On July 26, 2010, an equally divided New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear an attack on civil union statute in a motion filed in the Lewis v. Harris case. …
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Hawaii Governor Vetoes Civil Union Bill
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In New Jersey, for the last several years, following the New Jersey Supreme Court case of Lewis v. Harris, NJ has had civil unions. This was an attempt to give…