http://divorce.clementlaw.com/ Daniel E. Clement: New Jersey & NY Lawyer & Attorney for Family Law & Pre-Nuptials en Copyright 2010 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:33:33 -0500 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:33:33 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mr. Clement
I urge you to be careful in your current cases. Yes, a divorce was granted, but no, the marriage was not "recognized" for any practical purpose in this case. No marital rights or protections were granted. The marital home was seen as separate rather than marital property, the agreement signed after the separation was not honored because it was not a "Legal Separation" and because the marriage was not recognized at the time of the separation, one party was forced into bankruptcy because the debts were not considered marital debts, yet at the time of the divorce the other party's debts created after the separation WERE considered marital debt up until the time the divorce was filed. There was no "equitable distribution" here. This was not a "win" for equal marriage rights. All of the obligations of divorce were mandated, but none of the rights of marriage were granted. I urge you to contact the parties involved in this case so that you can protect your clients against what many witnesses to this case have stated is a travesty of justice.

]]> http://divorce.clementlaw.com/divorce/same-sex-divorce--granted/#17674 http://divorce.clementlaw.com/divorce/same-sex-divorce--granted/#17674 DivorceMarriage Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:27:02 -0500 Daniel Clement