`` Do not cheat same-sex couples '' 2 referees also give alimony 15:48 on March 4

In a court case in which it was argued that an alimony would be paid if a same-sex couple broke up due to cheating, the Tokyo High Court in the second trial found that it was illegal for a same-sex couple to have a sexual relationship with a third party He ordered the payment of an alimony following the first trial, as he was acting.

A woman in her 30s living in the Kanto region has lived with her partner for about seven years and has married in the United States, where gay marriage is allowed. He asked for an alimony payment for the reason he broke.

In the first instance, Moka Branch of the Utsunomiya District Court acknowledged the complaint and ordered the former partner to pay an alimony.

In a ruling of two courts on Tuesday, Judge Hitomi Akiyoshi of the Tokyo High Court said, "The two men are legally unable to report marriage because of their same gender, It is considered that a couple of the same sex should have the same duty of chastity as a married couple, not to flirt like a married couple. "

Following the first trial, the ex-partner was awarded a 1 million yen alimony to the former partner's woman, stating that "the former partner's sexual relations with a third party breaks a relationship equivalent to marriage and constitutes an illegal act." Ordered payment.

Lawyer "Judgment advanced one step"

`` This ruling states specific conditions for legal protection in cases of same-sex marriage, I feel that I am trying to apply it to other couples in the future, and I am glad to go one step further because judicial decisions may lead to legislation. "

The woman who filed the complaint also said, "I am relieved to be recognized because the situation was the same as heterosexual marriage."