Judge denies divorce for lesbian couple in Nebraska By Fairbanks, contributor 4:00pm EST A judge in Nebraska refused sweet wives want sex to divorce a lesbian couple married in another state. Mueller and Pry filed for divorce in Otoe County Court last fall. They were married in Vermont in. District Judge Rehmeier said since Nebraska law defines marriage as a union between a and a woman, he couldn’t the divorce. Court documents show Rehmeier did approve a custody arrangement for the couple’s daughter. Lamba Legal attorney Upton told New England Cable News while some states might allow non-resident same-sex couples to, getting a divorce is much harder. “The first thing we tell same-sex couples who live in a non-recognition state — think and hard before you get married and returned home,” Upton said. “Not only do you face the lack of access to divorce courts, you lack the safeguards that state marriage laws provide different-sex married couples.” Seventy percent of voters in Nebraska approved a constitutional amendment banning marriage. In . District Judge Batallion ruled that the ban was too broad, but his decision was overturned.