Czekala-Chatham v. Melancon
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Divorce granted to Mississippi same-sex couple after 2 years
Wednesday, December 2, 2015Two years after their divorce filing got tangled up in Mississippi's efforts to prevent same-sex marriage, a judge dissolved the legal union of Lauren Czekala-Chatham and Dana Ann Melancon. -
‘No constitutional basis’: Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
Friday, November 6, 2015The Mississippi Supreme Court voted to allow a lesbian couple to seek a divorce -- even as two justices claimed The Supreme Court's landmark ruling has no constitutional basis. -
Mississippi justices say gay marriage ban should be declared unconstitutional
Friday, February 27, 2015Two Mississippi Supreme Court justices said Thursday that the court should find the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and not wait for a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments over same-sex divorce
Wednesday, January 21, 2015The Mississippi attorney general's office told the court that the state can't grant a divorce to same-sex couple because their marriage is void in Mississippi. -
Mississippi Supreme Court schedules arguments in same-sex divorce case
Saturday, November 22, 2014JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 21 from a woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. -
Same-sex couple’s divorce case before Mississippi Supreme Court
Sunday, November 16, 2014JACKSON, Miss. -- The attorney for a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce says his client's case is on a parallel track to the… -
ACLU seeks to file brief in Mississippi same-sex couple’s divorce case
Thursday, September 25, 2014JACKSON, Miss. -- The American Civil Liberties Union wants to file a brief in support of a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. The… -
Miss. governor intervenes in same-sex couple’s divorce case
Wednesday, September 17, 2014JACKSON, Miss. -- Gov. Phil Bryant is intervening in a case involving a Mississippi woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. Bryant, represented by Christian legal group… -
Judge refuses to grant gay couple’s divorce, says marriage isn’t recognized
Monday, December 2, 2013JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi judge on Monday refused to grant a divorce to a lesbian couple who got married in California, saying the marriage wasn't recognized under state law, according to the woman who filed… -
In some states, gay rights battle extends to the right to divorce
Sunday, December 1, 2013HERNANDO, Miss. -- Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America's most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce.
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