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Bankruptcy

Jul. 2, 2011

Same Sex Couple's Bankruptcy Case Still In Limbo

The same-sex married couple who won the right to file bankruptcy jointly have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to take over the appeal in their case

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The same-sex married couple who won the right to file bankruptcy jointly have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to take over the appeal in their case.

Twenty bankruptcy judges signed an opinion last month declaring the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and ruling that Gene Douglas Balas and Carlos A. Morales could file Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition as a married couple. In re: Balas and Mo...

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