Taipei, Aug. 13 (CNA) Taiwanese national Ting Tse-yan (丁則言) was legally married Friday to his partner Guzifer Leong (梁展輝) from Macao three months after the couple won an unprecedented court victory in their same-sex marriage case.
Household office ordered to allow contested international same-sex marriage
05/07/2021 03:06 PM
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Ting Tse-yan (center right) and his partner Guzifer Leong (center left) are pictured outside the court building after the ruling. CNA photo May 6, 2021
Taipei, May 6 (CNA) The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday issued a narrow ruling ordering a household registration office to permit a same-sex marriage involving a foreign national from a jurisdiction in which such marriages are illegal.
In the case in question, Taipei s Zhongzheng District Household Registration Office refused to permit the marriage of Taiwanese national Ting Tse-yan (丁則言) and his partner Guzifer Leong (梁展輝), who is from Macau, when they attempted to do so on Oct. 1, 2019.
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KNOT FINALLY TIED: Taipei’s Zhongzheng District Household Registration Office was ordered to register the marriage of Taiwan’s Ting Tse-yan and Macau’s Guzifer Leong
Staff writer, with CNA
The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday ordered a household registration office to register a same-sex marriage involving a foreign national from a jurisdiction in which such marriages are illegal.
Taipei’s Zhongzheng District Household Registration Office had refused to register the marriage of Taiwanese Ting Tse-yan (丁則言) and his Macanese partner, Guzifer Leong (梁展輝), when they attempted to do so on Oct. 1, 2019.
The office based its decision on Article 46 of the Act Governing the Choice of Law in Civil Matters Involving Foreign Elements (涉外民事法律適用法), which states that “the formation of a marriage is governed by the national laws of each party.”