California bankruptcy court rejects federal same-sex marriage ban

[JURIST] The US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California [official website] on Monday ruled [opinion, PDF] that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive], a federal law barring same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive], is unconstitutional. A legally married same-sex couple filed a joint petition under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code [11 USC § 1301 text] pursuant to § 302(a) which permits the filing of a joint petition by any eligible individual "and such individual…

September 10, 2011

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