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  • Judge: Married Women Can’t Divorce In Alabama

    03/13/2014 7:45:19 PM PDT · by massmike · 44 replies
    A judge ruled Wednesday that two women who were legally married in Iowa can’t divorce in Alabama, which doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages. Circuit Judge Karen Hall of Huntsville issued a two-sentence order throwing out the uncontested divorce of Shrie Michelle Richmond and Kirsten Allysse Richmond. Shrie Richmond filed the complaint this month saying the two were legally married in Dubuque, Iowa, in 2012. The suit said the two women, who are separated, no longer get along and want a divorce. The other woman didn’t fight the divorce. But the judge’s decision said the case was being dismissed because laws in...