Though the point of this blog is to talk about recent developments in the area of family law, we would be bereft if we didn’t take a moment to recognize
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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL IN PENNSYLVANIA
Challenge Brought to Montgomery County Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
It didn’t take long for the marriage licenses issued by Montgomery County Register of Wills, D. Bruce Hanes, to come under fire. Questions as to who might have standing to …
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“Windsor” Case is Decided – Cases Continue to Accumulate in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
The case of Cozen O’Connor v. Tobits was on administrative hold by U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones II pending the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding the Defense of…
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Same-Sex Marriage License in Montgomery County?
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s decision not to have the Attorney General’s Office defend the state’s version of the Defense of Marriage of Act justifies its own analysis, but in…
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DOMA AND THE CONSTITUTION
June 27, 2013. Yesterday was a landmark day in America. The United States Supreme Court ruled that a statute passed by a large majority of both houses of Congress (by…
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DOMA is Unconstitutional
The United States Supreme Court issued their decision on gay marriage earlier today. The Court ruled on California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage and the 1996 federal Defense of …
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Marriage Equality Act Passes in Delaware
Earlier this month Delaware became the eleventh state to legalize same sex marriage when they passed Marriage Equity Act in the state Senate. Passage was fairly close with 12 voting…
New Article on the Defense of Marriage Act Litigation and Its Impact on Pennsylvania Cases
There has been quite a bit of litigation and court decisions related to the Defense of Marriage Act and how it impacts state laws and the ability of states to…
New York Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act, Too
The Defense of Marriage Act continues to be found unconstitutional in various jurisdictions across the country. Most recently, the Southern District of New York held it to be unconstitutional for discriminating…
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