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2. Same-sex marriage in Ohio - Wikipedia

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   Two lawsuits in federal court challenged Ohio's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples, asking Ohio to recognize marriages from other jurisdictions for the purpose of recording a spouse on a death certificate and for recording parents' names on birth certificates.

3. 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.

4. Uniform Premarital Agreement Act - Wikipedia

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   The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act ( UPAA) is a Uniform Act governing prenuptial agreements, which are also properly referred to as "premarital agreements" and "antenuptial agreements". [1] It was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1983 to promote more uniformity and predictability between state laws ...

5. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Several grounds for fault divorce include adultery, cruelty, abandonment, mental illness, and criminal conviction. [7] There are, however, additional grounds that are acceptable in some states such as drug abuse, impotency, and religious reasons. [9] While there are various grounds for divorce across the United States, there are also defenses ...

6. Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful ... - AOL

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   Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. In a closed meeting ...

7. Common-law marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Common-law marriage, also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact is a form of irregular marriage that survives only in seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia along with some provisions of military law; plus two other states that recognize domestic common law marriage after the fact for limited purposes.