Most everyone is aware that the United States Supreme Court heard two historic cases this week focused on same-sex marriage.  One involves California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages (which was

As I predicted in my blog post in February 2011 about the fate of same-sex marriages and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a new era may be upon us.  Nearly

Proposition 8 (“Prop 8”) sought to make same-sex marriages in California unlawful. The California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8 invalidating same sax marriages. The Petitioners in the same-sex marriage case

On January 1, 2010, a new California statute became law.  Family Code section 308 has been amended to state that California will recognize same sex marriages lawfully entered into outside

United States:  Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and District of Columbia. Other Countries:  Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Sweden, Mexico City, DF (effective 4/10) and Portugal (date to be

The constitutional freedom for same-sex couples to marry in California was short lived. On November 4, 2008, the voters approved Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to add Section