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State accuses lesbian couple who got married in 2015 for ‘detriment to the family’

by Q COSTARICA Sunday 20 January 2019, 5:01 pm 1.6k Views

The State has accused Laura Flórez-Estrada and Jasmin Elizondo, as well as their witnesses and the notary who married them, in July 2015, on the crime of “falsedad ideológica en perjuicio de la familia” (ideological falsehood to the detriment of the family).
Laura Flórez-Estrada and Jazmín Elizondo were married in July 2015 when same-sex marriages were prohibited in Costa Rica. The marriage was registered due to an error in the Civil Registry. In 2018, a Constitutional Court paved the way for same-sex marriages in Costa Rica. Photo Marcela Bertozzi
The lesbian couple, who were able to be married thanks to an error in the Registro Civil (Civil Registry), the two witnesses and the notary will appear for a preliminary hearing in the Criminal Court of San José, on