Las Vegas The Legal Minute

Nevada Law Group John E. Cereso Managing Partner

Same Sex Marriage

Many Australians traveling to New Zealand now that same sex marriage is legal in that country. Read more of the report in the Las Vegas Guardian Express.

Same Sex marriage is still not legal in the state of Nevada since 2002 and 2004 Nevada voters agreed that a marriage should be defined as a union between one man and one woman. However, Nevada does recognize domestic partnerships which includes same sex couples.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a lawsuit in Nevada against the 2002 constitutional amendment saying is violates the U.S. Constitution. The judge ruled against the lawsuit in 2012 that challenged the definition of marriage as one one and one man.

Former Las Vegas Family Court Judge Dies  

One of the first three judges elected by residents of Southern Nevada to Las Vegas Family Court passes away on August 14, 2013, Rest in Peace, Terrance P. 'Terry' Marren