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Feb. 3, 2011: Same-sex marriages are not legal in New York, but same-sex divorces are. The first such dissolution in Jefferson County occurred in December when State Supreme Court Judge Hugh A. Gilbert granted a divorce to a Jefferson County couple who had been legally married outside the state. Judge Gilbert initially intended to tell the men they must get divorced where they were married. However, he made his decision based on a state Appellate Division, Fourth Department, ruling rendered in February 2008 that gave recognition to marriage between two women who were wed in Ontario, where same-sex marriages are legal.