Transsexual’s Marriage Ruled Invalid By State Supreme Court
MARCH 18, 2002 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 38 When Marshall Gardiner died in Kansas in 1999, he was survived by his wife of less than a year and his grown son. Mr. Gardiner left no will, but he did leave a legal controversy—whether his wife could inherit from his estate, since she had been born as […]
Marriage Involving Transsexual Challenged By Decedent’s Son
JUNE 4, 2001 VOLUME 8, NUMBER 49 Marshall and J’Noel Gardiner were married in Kansas in September, 1998 after a short courtship. At the time Mr. Gardiner was 85, his new wife was 40. Mr. Gardiner died less than a year later, survived by Mrs. Gardiner and one son, Joseph Gardiner. Mr. Gardiner had not […]