Published on October 11, 2022 at 2:57 pm
A deaf Jacksonville couple now has the paperwork they need to get married, a week after suing over the court clerk’s refusal to give them a marriage license.
The couple sued after the Duval County Clerk of Courts Office refused to process their marriage license until they provided a sign language interpreter.
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That means Friday wedding bells for Joel Alfaro and Yusela Machado Silvente after a year of battling the clerk’s office.
Read the rest of this story at Jacksonville Today news partner The Florida Times-Union.
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