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Many states do not have right mechanisms for same-sex divorce, leaving divorcing couples who married in the Quarter but now live elsewhere in a bind. Washington-based family law attorney Sebastian Krop said that for many couples wishing to detach, returning to the District to wait out the residency requirement isn’t an choice.
Krop thinks the amendment is necessary.
“It’s slightly ill of natural that it’s not always rosy and things go downhill,” he said, “so they’re stuck in their union.”
The D.C. bill was introduced in October. Mendelson’s office did not produce a timeline Thursday for a council vote.
The District legalized same-sex federation in 2009.
From state to state, same-sex divorce laws are a patchwork or nonexistent. For occurrence, a couple who married in the District but are separated in Virginia — a solemn that does not recognize same-sex marriage — would not meet residency requirements for separate in the District.
Source: Washington Post