Overview

The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled on December 7, 2007, that the state’s Family Court does not have jurisdiction to recognize a same-sex couple’s Massachusetts marriage for the purpose of granting them a divorce.

GLAD was an Amicus in this case.

 

Case Documents

Read the decision

Read GLAD's statement on the decision

GLAD (Brief's Filed in Support)

Marriage Equality Rhode Island (Brief's Filed in Support)

ACLU (Brief's Filed in Support)

Professors of Conflict of Laws and Family Law (Brief's Filed in Support)

Margaret R. Chambers (Brief's Filed in Support)

Cassandra B. Ormiston (Brief's Filed in Support)

State of Rhode Island (Brief's Filed in Support)

Thomas R. Bender (Brief's Filed in Support)

Family Research Council (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Christopher F. Young (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

National Legal Foundation (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

United Families International, Family Watch International, and Family Leader Foundation (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Lynn D. Wardle, Law Professors, et al (Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Governor Donald L. Carcieri (Briefs Filed in Opposition) with *While the Governor's brief argues that the Family Court does have jurisdicion in this case, it also takes a position against Rhode Island recognizing marriages of same-sex couples

GLAD (Response Briefs Filed in Support)

State of Rhode Island (Response Briefs Filed in Support)

Cassandra B. Ormiston (Response Briefs Filed in Support)

Thomas R. Bender (Response Briefs Filed in Support)

Family Research Council (Response Briefs Filed in Opposition)

United Families International, Family Watch International, and Family Leader Foundation (Response Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Religious Organization and Clergy (Reply Briefs Filed in Support)

Family Research Council (Reply Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Governor Donald L. Carcieri (Reply Briefs Filed in Opposition)

United Families International, Family Watch International, and Family Leader Foundation (Reply Briefs Filed in Opposition)

Christopher F. Young (Reply Briefs Filed in Opposition)