Molai v. Standing Rock Cemetery Bd. of Trustees

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• concluding that because Connecticut did not recognize same-sex civil unions, the Connecticut court did not have jurisdiction pursuant to Connecticut divorce law to dissolve a civil union performed in another state
• concluding that, in action to dissolve civil union entered into in Vermont by Connecticut resident, such union not a “marriage” recognized under Connecticut statutes because not entered into by one man and one woman
• recognizing Connecticut’s right under DOMA not to recognize same-sex relationships treated as marriage in another state
• relying on legislative history to determine that Connecticut’s public policy was contrary to plaintiff’s claim that trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to dissolve plaintiff’s foreign same-sex civil union
• relying on legislative history to determine that Connecticut’s public policy was contrary to plaintiffs claim that trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to dissolve plaintiffs foreign same-sex civil union
• where Connecticut law did not recognize validity of same-sex couple’s union as marriage, court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over dissolution action

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