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• Court Orders Recognition Of Out-Of-State Gay Marriages Patch.com Jessica Port talks to the media after the Court of Appeals of Maryland heard her case for divorce, Friday, April 6, 2012, in Annapolis, Md. She married Virginia Anne Cowan in California but the couple were denied a divorce in Maryland. and more »

• Md. Court: Gay Divorce OK While Gay Marriage Isn't EDGE Boston The divorce case involves Port, a Maryland resident, and District of Columbia resident Virginia Cowan. Port, 29, and Cowan, 32, were married in California in 2008 during a window in which gay marriage was legal there. Almost two years later, ... and more »

• Ruling sought on split of military benefits in divorce HeraldNet If the veteran has a spouse, VA compensation tables set payments higher. But that extra amount, in recognition of the sacrifice the spouse makes in living with a disabled vet, stops if veteran gets divorced. That means the spouse has no direct claim on ... and more »

• Disability pay at stake in divorce? Daily Press The petition also invites the justices to consider an issue that states are more sharply divided over: whether federal law bars state courts from considering VA disability benefits communal property to be divided in divorce like other marital assets. and more »

• Will justices review how states treat vets' disability pay? Pensacola Business Journal The petition also invites the justices to consider an issue that states are more sharply divided over: whether federal law bars state courts from considering VA disability benefits communal property to be divided in divorce like other marital assets. and more »

• Out-of-state gay couple can divorce in Maryland Calgary Herald The state's Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan have the right to divorce in Maryland because they were legally married in 2008 in California. Maryland's Circuit Court for Prince George's County, where Port was a ... and more »

• Maryland's highest court recognizes gay marriage ChicagoPride.com In a unanimous decision, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that Virginia Cowan, 32, and Jessica Port, 29, were entitled to divorce under Maryland law. The women married in 2008 in California and denied a divorce in 2010 by a Maryland trial court. and more »

• Court rules gay divorce OK while gay marriage isn't KGO-TV The divorce case involves Port, a Maryland resident, and District of Columbia resident Virginia Cowan. Port, 29, and Cowan, 32, were married in California in 2008 during a window in which gay marriage was legal there. Almost two years later, ... and more »

• Maryland OKs out-of-state gay couple's right to divorce Chicago Tribune The state's Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan have the right to divorce in Maryland because they were legally married in 2008 in California. Maryland's Circuit Court for Prince George's County, where Port was a ... and more »

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  Maryland's top court recognises same-sex divorce Updated News “A valid out-of-state same-sex marriage should be treated by Maryland courts as worthy of divorce, according to the applicable statutes, reported cases, and court rules of this state,” the judges' ruling said. Jessica Port, 29, and Virginia Cowan, 32, ... and more »

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