My wife is now a legal man am I still married
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My wife is now a legal man am I still married
When I got married my wife name was Tammy and
now she is traveon and is a man legally I am not
sure if I am still married or the marriage is not nal
and void
Asked on July 10, 2018 under Family Law, Kansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Your marriage is not void: the U.S. S.Ct. in 2015, the Supreme Court held (in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges) that it is unconstitituional to refuse to allow same-gendered people to marry. Therefore, your spouse's gender change does not automatically void or invalidate the marriage: you are still married. The gender change would provide grounds for a divorce, however.
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