CHRISTIANSEN v. CHRISTIANSEN

No. S-10-0252.

253 P.3d 153 (2011)

2011 WY 90

Paula CHRISTIANSEN, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. Victoria Lee CHRISTIANSEN, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Tracy L. Zubrod of Zubrod Law Office, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming; Mary Elizabeth Galvan of Galvan & Fritzen, Laramie, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: No brief filed.

Before KITE, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ.


GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Paula Christiansen and Victoria Lee Christiansen are both residents of Wyoming. They were legally married in Canada in 2008. Paula Christiansen filed an action for divorce in Wyoming in February 2010. The district court determined it did not have subject-matter jurisdiction to entertain an action to dissolve a same-sex marriage. Accordingly, the district court dismissed the action. We reverse and remand for the reinstatement of the divorce...

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