Shawn Hall Lecuona v. Mark R. Lecuona
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Does section 6.001 of the Texas Family Code violate Petitioner's fundamental liberty interests protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does section 6.001 of the Texas Family Code, commonly known as “no-fault divorce”, when applied to Petitioner, violate her fundamental liberty interests protected by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process clause, which include “intimate choices defining” her “personal identity and beliefs” concerning matters of religion and conscience as expressed in her marriage? U.S. Const. amend 1, 14; Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 8. Ct. 2584, 2589 (2015); Tex. Const. art. I, § 6; Tex. Fam. Code §6.001. 2. Does the right to marry encompass the right to be married and maintain the marital relationship in conformity with the personal and intimate beliefs of the participants requiring states to afford protections to those choices? U.S. Const. amend 14; Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 2589 (2015).