Abstract
This article examines how Wisconsin courts will treat the marriages of same-sex couples who were validly married in other states; specifically focusing on recognition of the incidents—such as divorce, property ownership, and inheritance—stemming from those marriages. After examining Wisconsin conflict-of-laws jurisprudence, the article describes the public policy problems that may result if Wisconsin courts do not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages. The article concludes that, despite those policy problems, Wisconsin courts are unlikely to recognize such extraterritorial same-sex marriages, even for the limited purposes of incident-recognition.
Repository Citation
Zachary Willenbrink,
Conflicts of Law and Policy Relating to Same-Sex Marriage Recognition in Wisconsin,
94 Marq. L. Rev. 721
(2010).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol94/iss2/6