Alternative Dispute Resolution
Oct. 1, 2008
Same-Sex Divorce Creates New Legal Pitfalls
Same-sex divorce is "a ripe area for mediation," said Los Angeles family law mediator and attorney Diane Goodman of Goodman Metz, because "how you deal with those issues isn't really clear."
By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - As the playground taunt goes: First comes love, then comes marriage.
Then, for many, comes divorce.
When the California Supreme Court recognized a right of same-sex couples to wed, it reopened questions about what those couples should do when their relationships dissolve.
The potpourri of federal and state laws that has affected same-sex couples since California revised its same-sex pa...
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