Property Division

In re Kelly and Moesslang
The trial court summarily dismissed a suit to establish the existence of a committed intimate relationship (CIR). The court concluded that suit had to be brought within three years of the end of the relationship and here it was not.
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.










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