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Constitutional Law

Jul. 23, 2011

California's treatment of out-of-state same-sex marriages

With New York to permit same-sex marriages, what legal effects will these marriages have in California? By Fred Silberberg of Silberberg & Ross


By Fred Silberberg


While the battle over same-sex marriages in California moves through the federal courts at a snail's place, starting this Sunday, the state of New York will permit same-sex couples to marry. While historically, New York has been the state to lag behind on family law issues (until this year, New York did not have "no-fault" divorce, which we have had in California since 1971), this change in law puts New York ahead of most of the c...

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