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DICKERSON v. THOMPSON

511849.

88 A.D.3d 121 (2011)

928 N.Y.S.2d 97

2011 NY Slip Op 6009

AUDREY JUANITA DICKERSON, Appellant, v. SONYA DENISE THOMPSON, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided July 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Schwartz , Empire Justice Center, Rochester, and Geri Pomerantz, E. Greenbush, for appellant.

Thomas W. Ude Jr. , Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Inc., New York City, amicus curiae.

SPAIN and McCARTHY, JJ., concur with PETERS, J.P.; LAHTINEN, J., concurs in a separate opinion in which MALONE JR., J., concurs.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PETERS, J.P.

Plaintiff and defendant, residents of New York, entered into a civil union in Vermont in April 2003. In November 2007, plaintiff, unable to obtain a dissolution of the civil union in Vermont due to that state's residency requirements (see Vt Stat Ann, tit 15, §§ 592, 1206), commenced the instant action for equitable and declaratory relief seeking a judgment dissolving the civil union and freeing her of all...

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