Judge amends lesbian divorce decree
Iowa Judge Jeffrey A. Neary has amended his Nov. 14 order in which he granted a divorce to two lesbians who had been joined in a civil union in Vermont. In his new two-page ruling, Neary says Iowa courts do not have jurisdiction to grant a dissolution of marriage from a Vermont civil union. He vacated his earlier dissolution decree but ruled that the civil union was terminated. Neary declared the women "single individuals with all the rights of an unmarried couple." An earlier stipulated agreement regarding division of property between the women remains in effect. Conservatives are still unhappy, but the women still get to go their separate ways.
GlobeGazette.com
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