Marriage
Windsor v. U.S.
This case arises from Plaintiff Edie Windsor’s constitutional challenge to section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), the operation of which required Plaintiff to pay federal estate tax on her same‑sex spouse's estate, a tax from which similarly situated heterosexual couples are exempt.
In re Marriage of Akon
This action involves a stepfather's attempt to claim a presumption of paternity based on the alleged invalidity of the mother's first marriage under Sudanese law because her first husband, the biological father, has not completed payment of his dowry.
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