Marital unhappiness and discord is not limited to heterosexual couples. Same sex marriages are no more immune from marital discontent, infidelity, or the other problems that doom marriages than their heterosexual counterparts.

Though same sex couples cannot lawfully marry in New York, New York courts have recognized, as valid, marriages performed in jurisdictions where same sex marriages are legal. In order to dissolve the marriage, New York courts will grant same sex litigants a divorce

Same sex divorces are no different than heterosexual divorces. The issues of equitable distribution, spousal maintenance, and child support and access (parenting time or custody and visitation), permeate a divorce case without regard to sexual orientation; same sex couples suffer the same misery and costs as divorcing heterosexual litigants.