US: spousal maintenance to transgendered man to continue

US: spousal maintenance to transgendered man to continue

Lambda Legal reports that in Florida, Lawrence Roach sought to stop paying spousal maintenance (alimony) to his wife Julia, because Julia was now transgendered and had become Julio Silverwolf.

The Florida court said that payments should continue, but that Julio was not recognised as a man in Florida.

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