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Civil Rights

Jun. 16, 2011

Bankruptcy Judges Veto DOMA

Ruling the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, 20 U.S. bankruptcy judges signed an opinion Monday allowing a legally married same-sex couple to file bankruptcy together.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Ruling the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, 20 U.S. bankruptcy judges signed an opinion Monday allowing a legally married same-sex couple to file bankruptcy together.


The judges - nearly all those on the Central District of California bankruptcy bench - rejected a motion asking for the couple's Chapter 13 filing to be dismissed on the grounds that the two men aren't leg...

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