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Family

Jun. 28, 2013

Marriage equality does not mean divorce equality

The logical increase in marriage numbers following the high court's ruling Wednesday likely will be followed by an increase in work for family law attorneys as well. By Robert Stanley


By Robert Stanley


Several years ago, I asked a prominent Los Angeles family law attorney whether he supported same-sex marriage, and he said, "of course - we need more inventory." With marriage rates among opposite-sex couples at all-time lows, his concern was not unfounded. Now that DOMA and Proposition 8 are going the way of Jim Crow, at least for same-sex couples in California, the logical increase in marriage numbers that will follow should eventual...

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