Port v. Cowan

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• holding that a same-sex marriage legally entered into in another state is not repugnant to Maryland public policy
• applying a de novo standard of review to the question of whether two persons of same sex who were legally married in California could obtain a divorce in Maryland
• “When considering a foreign marriage specifically, Maryland courts follow the choice-of-law rule of lex loci celebrationis, applying the substantive law of the place where the contract of marriage was formed.” (citing Jackson v. Jackson, 82 Md. 17, 28 (1895))

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