{"id":5891,"date":"2014-03-13T10:53:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T10:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=5891"},"modified":"2014-03-13T10:53:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T10:53:03","slug":"lesbian-couple-denied-divorce-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/lesbian-couple-denied-divorce-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesbian couple denied divorce in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lesbian-couple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5898\" alt=\"lesbian couple\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lesbian-couple-300x176.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lesbian-couple-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lesbian-couple.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A lesbian couple was denied a divorce Wednesday in Alabama because the state doesn&#8217;t recognize their legal Iowa marriage.<\/p>\n<p>In a one-sentence ruling issued in Huntsville, Circuit Judge Karen Hall said Michelle Richmond and Kirsten Allysse Richmond can&#8217;t get a divorce in Alabama \u2014 even the uncontested one they were seeking \u2014 because they had no way to ask for one &#8220;pursuant to the laws of this State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Richmonds were legally married in Dubuque, Iowa, in 2012 but later moved to Alabama \u2014 which doesn&#8217;t recognize same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Their lawyer told Huntsville Times<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span>that he would appeal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a lot of faith in the court system, I have a lot of faith in Judge Karen Hall and I believe she ruled the only way she is able to given the current state of the law in Alabama,&#8221; attorney Patrick Hill told the Times. &#8220;It&#8217;s my intention to pursue this as far as I can to see to it that the law that prevents my client from getting a divorce is reversed, and the divorce case is given back to Judge Hall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the seemingly simple solution \u2014 getting divorced back in Iowa or one of the 16 other states that recognize same-sex marriage \u2014 isn&#8217;t so simple.<\/p>\n<p>Like nearly all states \u2014 including all of those that recognize same-sex marriage \u2014 Iowa requires one or both parties in a marriage to live in the state for a certain amount of time before a divorce can be granted.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa&#8217;s residency requirement is among the longest in the country, according to an NBC News review of divorce laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia: 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>That means the Richmonds would have to first move back to Iowa and then live there for a full year before they could be divorced.<\/p>\n<p>If they didn&#8217;t want to wait that long, they could also move to Washington, which also recognizes same-sex marriages but requires only 90 days&#8217; residency to divorce. The situation is similar in Illinois, but the law recognizing same-sex marriage doesn&#8217;t go into effect until June 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: NBC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lesbian couple was denied a divorce Wednesday in Alabama because the state doesn&#8217;t recognize their legal Iowa marriage. In a one-sentence ruling issued in Huntsville, Circuit Judge Karen Hall said Michelle Richmond and Kirsten Allysse Richmond can&#8217;t get a divorce in Alabama \u2014 even the uncontested one they were seeking \u2014 because they had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14,7],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lesbian couple denied divorce in Alabama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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