Matt Benzion, P.A.

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court cleared same-sex weddings to start in Florida next month, potentially increasing the number of gay-marriage states to 36 as the justices consider whether to rule on the issue nationwide. The justices today said they will let a federal trial judge’s decision backing marriage rights take effect. Florida’s Republican attorney general, Pamela Jo Bondi, asked the court to block the ruling, which declared the state’s ban unconstitutional. The c

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The first formal divorce for a gay couple in Florida history was granted Wednesday by a Broward County judge who used the case to join other judges in declaring the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Dale Cohen on Wednesday dissolved the marriage of Heather Brassner and Megan Lade in a brief hearing. They were united in a 2002 civil union in Vermont but Brassner was unable to obtain a divorce in Florida for five years

When Elloa Atkinson confessed to the Internet that she wanted to cheat on her husband, the Internet went crazy. Here is her husband Nige's side of the story. Elloa and Nige: We had reservations about republishing this, originally shared on The Good Men Project, here. Therefore we'd like to say at the outset that there is no prescription here, no recommendation or suggestion about how other people "should" conduct themselves. We do our best to live by the principle of emotiona

To my daughter’s stepmom: I never wanted you here. You simply were never part of the plan. Growing up and dreaming of my family I never included you. The plan was for my family to include me, daddy and our children, not you. I doubt you ever wanted me in your life. I doubt you planned to mother a child that you didn’t give birth to. I can bet that your plan for your family included you, daddy and your children together, not me or my daughter. I bet that when you dreamed of be