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2. Divorce in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Private international law. Family and criminal code. (or criminal law) v. t. e. Divorce in the United States is a legal process in which a judge or other authority dissolves the marriage existing between two persons. Divorce restores the persons to the status of being single and permits them to marry other individuals.

3. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Grounds for divorce are regulations specifying the circumstances under which a person will be granted a divorce. [1] Each state in the United States has its own set of grounds. [2] A person must state the reason they want a divorce at a divorce trial and be able to prove that this reason is well-founded. [3]

4. Married Women's Property Acts in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Married Women's Property Act was enacted on April 7, 1848, as part of a more general movement, underway since the 1820s, away from common law traditions in favor of the codification of law. Ernestine Rose had been campaigning for such a statute since 1836, later joined by Paulina Wright Davis and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. [15]

5. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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   Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan is a case decided 5–4 by the Supreme Court, determining that the single-sex admissions policy of the Mississippi University for Women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc. is a US labor law decision of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ...

6. Dealing with divorce, debt, eviction? Free legal help ... - AOL

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   For civil issues, residents can talk to a lawyer for free by calling 812-618-4845 or 888-594-3449. This services is from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m ...

7. Same-sex marriage in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Same-sex marriage has been legal in Mississippi since June 26, 2015. On November 25, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled that Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Enforcement of his ruling was stayed pending appeal to the Fifth ...