PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts should have the same right as heterosexual couples to divorce in their home state of Rhode Island, lawyers for the women told the state’s ...

Once gays and lesbians marry, they want all the benefits of marriage that straight people enjoy, including divorce. Two women got married in Massachusetts in 2004. Now they're breaking up, but ...

PROVIDENCE – Family Court Chief Judge Michael B. Forte wants magistrates to perform the same duties as judges and preside over and decide contested divorce cases, some of the most emotionally draining ...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Citing his "inexplicable" attack on the state's no-fault divorce laws, four organizations concerned about the rights of women have called on Governor Donald Carcieri to withdraw a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Can a couple obtain a divorce if, in the eyes of the state, they were never married? That is the issue sent Wednesday to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, in the case of two Rhode ...

A Rhode Island lawmaker introduced a new bill for pet custody battles. The bill now requires judges to consider the pet’s best interest when deciding who gets custody in a divorce. Pets are considered ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Rhode Island's top court narrowly ruled on Friday that a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts -- the only U.S. state to allow gay marriage -- could not legally divorce in Rhode ...

A Rhode Island lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require judges to take the best interests of domestic pets into account when deciding who gets custody in a divorce. Democratic state Rep.

A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts should have the same right as heterosexual couples to divorce in their home state of Rhode Island, lawyers for the women told the state’s highest court ...

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