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Paula Christiansen v. Victoria Lee Christiansen

Case #: S-10-0252
Date Filed: February 2010
Ruling Date: 6 June 2011

Description:

  • 6 June 2011, the WY Supreme Court upheld the 2010 WY divorce of two Niobrara County women who legally married in Canada in 2008, because marriages legal in other countries are legal in WY, and added that whether to recognize such marriages for reasons other than divorce would be decided in some future case.