McLeod Law Offices

The decision to seek bankruptcy protection is never easy, and when two people are involved, it is not necessarily easier.  Married opposite-sex debtors have the option of seeking bankruptcy protection jointly in one case.  But as a growing handful of states recognize same-sex marriages or its legal equivalent (“unions”), and as the legitimacy and constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (or DOMA) continues to be litigated in courts across the country, same-sex debtors seeking bankruptcy relief face even tougher decisions.

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