Texas appeals court upholds gay divorce, rules against AG’s office in Austi

Dan82 · Jan 7, 2011

http://www.dallasvoice.com/breaking...rce-rules-ags-office-austin-case-1059966.html

A state appeals court has upheld a divorce that was granted to a lesbian couple in Austin last year, saying Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott lacks standing to appeal the divorce because he intervened in the case too late.

“Because the State lacks standing to appeal, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction,” a three-judge panel of Texas’ 3rd District Court of Appeals wrote in its decision posted earlier today.

Travis County District Judge Scott Jenkins granted a divorce to lesbian couple Angelique Naylor and Sabina Daly last February. Naylor and Daly married in Massachusetts in 2004 before returning to Texas and adopting a child. Abbott’s office appealed Jenkins’ decision, arguing that judges in Texas cannot grant same-sex divorces because the state doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage...

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mnguy · Jan 7, 2011

It's interesting, but I don't think it will easily lead to the end of marriage discrimination in TX.

IsItSo · Jan 7, 2011

This is almost entertaining. There's not even a chicken to lay the egg.

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