Attorney Fredrick Hertz: "I Said 'I Do' With My Same-Sex Partner--But Am I Married?"

11/30/08 Nolo Press article: Frederick Hertz, Oakland attorney who runs the website SameSexLaw.com, offers "educated guesses" on how the following questions might be answered, and addresses uncertainties with respect to taxes and divorce:

• For those married in California: Is our marriage valid at all?
• For Massachusetts and Connecticut residents who married in their home state: Will our marriage be valid if we leave the state?
• For non-residents who married in Massachusetts and Connecticut: Is our out-of-state marriage valid in our home state?

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