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December 5, 2006

Hearing today for gay couple seeking divorce in R.I.

PROVIDENCE -- A preliminary hearing is expected today for a lesbian couple who filed for divorce in Rhode Island after getting married in Massachusetts.

Margaret Chambers and Cassandra Ormiston are from Providence. They wed after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized gay marriage.

But the couple filed for divorce in October in Rhode Island family court, citing irreconcilable differences.

The problem is that Rhode Island hasn't taken any action to recognize same-sex unions made in Massachusetts, and the laws here are silent on the legality of gay marriages.

The chief family court judge in Rhode Island says he hasn't decided whether his court has jurisdiction. But he plans to hold a preliminary hearing in his chambers this morning.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Jack Perry  at 7:18 AM | Permalink

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