Questions tagged [marriage]
Questions about the legal issues of forming, ending and living within a marriage.
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Wouldn't gay marriage bans violate the 14th amendment?
So I came across this guy saying:
Indeed. Obergefell was particularly egregious as it had the effect of disenfranchising several states. If memory serves, several states had just voted to reaffirm a ...
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Can a divorce be changed to a void marriage?
I've learned about void marriage in cases of unconsummated marriages.
Is it possible to turn a divorce into a void marriage in Scotland?
If this divorce was changed to an annulment, that'd mean the ...
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Is the legal plot point in The Proposal (2009) true to life?
In the 2009 film The Proposal, a Canadian immigrant to the United States has a denial of visa renewal, and gets married solely to avoid deportation. The immigration agent suspects the marriage is ...
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How do I find out if my husband got married to someone in the UK before he divorced me in the US?
How do I find out if my husband got married to someone else in the UK before we got divorced in the US? I have both their names and the possible date of the marriage.
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A marriage ceremony that was missing a person
Please consider the following hypothetical siltation. Two people, of the opposite gender, are planning on getting married. When it is time for the ceremony, one of them does not show up. The minister ...
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Does divorce affect citizenship?
Assume a woman marries a foreign man for the purposes of him gaining citizenship. They stay married for a few years but never actually develop a real romantic relationship and by this point the woman ...
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Community property
In a community property state (TX), if a spouse dies, must the community home be sold so that so value can be distributed as stated in a will?
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Is it possible to sign a prenup after marriage (still married but post-nuptial)
Is it possible to sign a prenup after marriage (still married but post-nuptial).
If a couple is married, but now wants to ensure each keep their respective properties, is this possible? Can a “post-...
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Law on Forced Marriage in the USA
Main question: The specific US legal statutes on forced marriage (would expect federal, yet not sure)?
Reading through Wikipedia, I was surprised to find that Forced Marriage only became illegal in ...
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Can an urgent marriage take place outside under UK law?
UK law has changed in recent years to allow outdoor marriage / civil partnership ceremonies, as long as the land is at a venue approved for the purpose.
There is also provision for urgent marriages / ...
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Legality of an Ohio mariage if the ceremony was outside the state
A friend of mine recently told me an interesting detail about her mariage ceremony. She got her mariage licence in Ohio but they had the ceremony just across the border in another state. Neither of ...
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Infidelity and child support
Lets say hypothetically I got married and had a child. Five years later my wife sleeps with several other men but I don't have proof of this. I wish to attempt to gain full custody of the child, ...
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Does any state force recognition of common law marriage on couples if they do not want it?
I will use Texas as an example, but I'd be interested in any others...
Per this link, a couple is considered married under common law in Texas if they:
1.) Agree to be married, 2.) Live together as a ...
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Can an opposite-sex couple in a civil partnership get married?
In the UK, civil partnerships and marriages are both options open to same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike.
Where there seems to be a disparity between the two however is that same-sex couples have ...
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Need clarification for legal relationship containment for multiple spouses
According to US law, can a person have a husband and a wife at the same time?
If so, how is their property distributed after death?
