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CHAMBERS v. ORMISTON

No. 2006-340.

935 A.2d 956 (2007)

Margaret R. CHAMBERS v. Cassandra B. ORMISTON.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Pulner, for Margaret R. Chambers.

Nancy A. Palmisciano, Providence, for Cassandra B. Ormiston.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON for the Court.

The Family Court, a legislatively created court of limited jurisdiction,1 acting pursuant to G.L. 1956 § 9-24-27, has certified the following question to this Court:

"May the Family Court properly recognize, for the purpose of entertaining a divorce petition, the marriage of two persons of the same sex who were purportedly married in another state?"

For the reasons...

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