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Country’s First Gay Divorce Firm Opens In Philadelphia

Welcome to the United States of Litigation. :mrgreen:

Wait, isn't marriage laws the same for everyone now? If so why the need for specialist in "gay divorce". Will gay divorce lawyers refuse to take divorce cases between a man and women? Oh wait, that was a baker refusing to make a cake for a same sex couple.:mrgreen:

I think there will be problems that will differ from hetero divorces.

A lot of those will involve the children.
 
So is the lawyer a saint for divorcing two homosexuals or a deviant for assisting in the sin of divorce?

You can bet that these legal fees will be higher that other divorce bloodsucking lawyers.
 
I agree - if I were 18 or 19 and thought about being a lawyer - I'd certainly see the broadening of divorce to now encompass gays and lesbians as a huge career opportunity.

It's going to be a lot harder to settle custody and property rights issues for Gay couples, IMO
 
It's going to be a lot harder to settle custody and property rights issues for Gay couples, IMO

Yep the lawyers are going to make beaucoup dollars on billable hours during divorce and custody battles.
 
It's going to be a lot harder to settle custody and property rights issues for Gay couples, IMO

And this is based on...?
 
And this is based on...?

Only one or possibly none may have an actual biological claim to the child first. Second, if the child is adopted to a lesbian couple, both parents can have a claim to be the "mother" of the child. That's just off the top of my head... I haven't really given it very much thought.
 
Only one or possibly none may have an actual biological claim to the child first. Second, if the child is adopted to a lesbian couple, both parents can have a claim to be the "mother" of the child. That's just off the top of my head... I haven't really given it very much thought.

I would imagine that it would go as it would in any divorce: the judge would decide which parent is better suited for the child, or there would be split custody.
 
Only one or possibly none may have an actual biological claim to the child first. Second, if the child is adopted to a lesbian couple, both parents can have a claim to be the "mother" of the child. That's just off the top of my head... I haven't really given it very much thought.

I wonder who gets the house, since they can both be the wife. :2razz:
 
I would imagine that it would go as it would in any divorce: the judge would decide which parent is better suited for the child, or there would be split custody.

I would guess so, however there may be additional mitigating circumstances with say a lesbian couple with two children, where only one of the women has a biological claim, and the other has a higher paying job. Since both can claim they are the children's mother... I'm sure the lawyers will quickly figure out if there is a change in tactics.
 
And this is based on...?

I've answered in the up thread but, some states haven't allowed name changes to signatures, DLs, wills, taxes, property etc. All this will come into play during a divorce.
 
I would guess so, however there may be additional mitigating circumstances with say a lesbian couple with two children, where only one of the women has a biological claim, and the other has a higher paying job. Since both can claim they are the children's mother... I'm sure the lawyers will quickly figure out if there is a change in tactics.

I've answered in the up thread but, some states haven't allowed name changes to signatures, DLs, wills, taxes, property etc. All this will come into play during a divorce.

Is there precedent for any of this? Same sex marriage just came to the remaining thirteen holdouts, otherwise there has been ssm since 2004.
 
Not to unnecessarily parse words, but it is required here.

The Pope used the term 'separation', which in the context of Catholicism is highly different than 'divorce'.

This has been the Church's position for centuries - it does not imply divorce or re-marriage.
 
Is there precedent for any of this? Same sex marriage just came to the remaining thirteen holdouts, otherwise there has been ssm since 2004.

No idea if there's precedent or not. Even if there is it would be relatively small I'd think given the timeframes. Now that it will go national, that may change.
 
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