Deaf couple files lawsuit against Duval clerk of courts after marriage license refusal

By Dan Scanlan | The Florida Times-Union

Joel Alfaro and Yusela Machado Silvente were ready to get married one year ago when they went to the Duval County Clerk of Courts Office to get their marriage license.

Both deaf, they had first met exactly 10 years earlier and were finally ready to tie the knot on that anniversary, they said.

But the couple said the clerk’s office refused to process their marriage license on Oct. 15, 2021. They got the same response multiple times through this past August. The reason: They didn’t bring a sign language interpreter with them to the clerk’s office. 

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