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Connecticut vs Massachusetts
In a first-of-its-kind case, Hartford (CT) Superior Court Judge Linda Pearce Prestley has told two Connecticut women seeking to annul a civil marriage they filed with the clerk of Provincetown, MA, that both states view their attempt to wed as legally void from the start. In a 10-page decision issued March 18, Prestley determined that Connecticut courts have no jurisdiction to rule in such a case, because the state legislature has so far deemed same-sex marriage as against public policy. The case is Lane v. Albanese.
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A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
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