Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Ormiston
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 7, 2007No. 2006-340PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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OPINION
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 set forth herein, it is our opinion that the certified question must be answered in the…
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