While same-sex marriage is likely en route to legalization, same-sex divorce currently poses serious problems for married same-sex couples due to residency and other state requirements.Read the full article here.
Month: July 2013
Supreme Court Decides Indian Child Welfare Act Custody Battle
While Proposition 8 stole the headlines across the country, the Supreme Court was making a life altering decision for one little girl. The mother and father had split during the pregnancy, and the father sent a text to the mother relinquishing his parental rights in...
Article on the DOMA Ruling and the Potential Impact on Same-Sex Divorce
This New York Times article sheds light on the recent Supreme Court ruling, and the potential impact it could have on same-sex divorce, which, as we noted in this blog, Article on the Higher Costs of Same-Sex Divorce, can be very problematic.The article states, "In a...
Happy 4th of July from The Maddox Law Firm!
The Maddox Law Firm will join with millions of businesses across the United States, and be closed in observance of the 4th of July.The Declaration of Independence was unanimously signed into existence by 56 men from 13 colonies to create The United States in 1776. "We...