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In January 2021, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in M.E. v. T.J. that the statute preventing judges from granting domestic violence protections to people in same-sex relationships was unconstitutional. [41] The ruling was upheld by the North Carolina Supreme Court on March 11, 2022. North Carolina was the last remaining state in the ...
North Carolina Amendment 1 (often referred to as simply Amendment 1) is a partially overturned legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina that (until overruled in federal court) amended the Constitution of North Carolina to add ARTICLE XIV, Section 6, which prohibit the state from recognizing or performing same-sex ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v.Texas (2003) held laws criminalizing consensual homosexual activity between adults unconstitutional. [1]In State v.Whiteley (2005), the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the crime against nature statute, N.C. G.S. § 14-177, [2] is not unconstitutional on its face because it may properly be used to criminalize sexual conduct involving minors ...
For some, getting married is the practical choice Eight years ago, E.R. Anderson was at home watching the lead up to the inauguration when a friend gave him a call. “My partner and I want to get ...
Watauga County Courthouse Watauga County: 842 W King St, Suite 13 Boone, NC 28607-3525 Wayne County Courthouse Wayne County: 224 Walnut St, Room 230 Goldsboro, NC 27530 Wilkes County Courthouse: Wilkes County: 500 Courthouse Dr Wilkesboro, NC 28697-2497 1903 Wilson County Courthouse: Wilson County: 115 E Nash St Wilson, NC 27894 1924–1925 ...
The 1776 Constitution of North Carolina says the following about the Justices of the Peace: "XXXIII. That the Justices of the Peace, within their respective counties in this State, shall in future be recommended to the Governor for the time being, by the Representatives in General Assembly; and the Governor shall commission them accordingly: and the Justices, when so commissioned, shall hold ...
On 5 June 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled, in a case from Romania, that, under the specific conditions of the couple in question, married same-sex couples have the same residency rights as other married couples in an EU country, even if that country does not permit or recognize same-sex marriage.
The U.S. state of Maine allows first-cousin marriage if the couple agrees to have genetic counseling, while North Carolina allows it so long as the applicants for marriage are not rare double first cousins, meaning cousins through both parental lines. [201]