NewsMarch 17, 2008
Lesbian couple married in Mass. seek annulment in Missouri
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- A lesbian married in Massachusetts has filed for an annulment from her partner in Missouri. Charisse Y. Sparks and Janet Y. Peters Mauceri Sparks were married in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County court to dissolve the marriage...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- A lesbian married in Massachusetts has filed for an annulment from her partner in Missouri.
Charisse Y. Sparks and Janet Y. Peters Mauceri Sparks were married in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County court to dissolve the marriage.
The filing creates a legal challenge in a state that voted overwhelmingly four years ago to limit marriage to unions between one man and one woman.
Judge Daniel Kellogg said the case is being treated as an annulment. In her petition, Sparks does not recognize her marriage.
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The other woman argues the marriage is legal.
Kellogg has taken the matter under consideration and scheduled another hearing for April 2.
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