SAN FRANCISCO — In a rare and sweeping bankruptcy ruling, a federal bankruptcy judge backed by most of his colleagues in the Central District of California has held that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
Two legally married California men who filed a Chapter 13 petition to restructure and repay their debts should be allowed to file jointly and should be afforded the same bankruptcy rights as any other legally married couple, held Judge Thomas Donovan.
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