Yesterday, Eve Conant reported on the difficulties same-sex couples face when they seek to end their partnerships. In some cases, partners who get married in one state find themselves unable to get divorced in another (most states have no residency requirements for marriage, but do for divorce). The inability to divorce creates a series of legal, financial, and childcare problems, while also preventing those in the failed partnership to move on with their lives.

Conant opened the story with two women who seemed to have beaten the odds. Angelique Naylor and Sabina Daly, who were married five years ago in Massachusetts, finalized their divorce in the state of Texas last month, making them the first gay couple to be legally divorced in that state. The only thing that could overturn the divorce was an appeal by the Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Today Naylor says she received her notice of appeal in the mail. The fate of Daly and Naylor’s marriage now lies in the hands of the appeals court, who will also hear the case of two Dallas men who were granted divorce but were unable to finalize the proceedings due to the attorney general’s appeal. Abbott wants the courts to “void” the marriage, a process often used in cases of incest, and one that would essentially nullify the marriage as invalid.

Full Story from Newsweek

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