Prenuptial Agreement
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Married Adults Still in the Majority.
About 56 percent of all American adults (111 million people) were married and living with their spouses in 1998, according to a report released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
 
About 10 percent of adults (19.4 million) ...   More details

Maryland prenuptial - Common law marriage.
A common law marriage comes about when a man and woman who are free to marry agree to live together as husband and wife without the formal ceremony. to be common law married, both spouses must have intended to be husband and wife. Maryland does not r ...   More details

Massachusetts Court Affirms Marriage Law.
In Boston on Wednesday, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Thomas Connolly affirmed Massachusetts marriage laws in round one of the Massachusetts marriage litigation. The lawsuit, filed by seven same-sex couples in April of last year, argues that sa ...   More details

Massachusetts High Court Won't Require Vote on Marriage Amendment.
In three separate judicial opinions handed down in late December, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts refused to require the Legislature to perform its constitutional duty to vote on the Protection of Marriage constitutional amendment. Accord ...   More details

Massachusetts Marriage Amendment Needs Grassroots Support.
Testimony from numerous supporters of the Massachusetts "Marriage Affirmation and Protection Amendment" (MA&PA) last Monday outlined the importance of marriage to society and the national conflict which would follow were the Massachuset ...   More details

Massachusetts OKs gay 'marriage'.
Source: Washington Times
 
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Matters that can be agreed to in a Prenuptial (premarital) Agreement.
Prenuptial agreements deal with property. Under a prenuptial agreement, the engaged couple decides their individual ownership rights to certain property and the distribution of that property during their marriage and upon their separation, divorce or ...   More details

Most adults have married only once.
In 1996, 69 percent of men and 76 percent of women age 15 and over had been married at least once - 54 percent of men and 60 percent of women had married once, 13 percent of men and women had married twice, and 3 percent had married three or more tim ...   More details

Most people who had ever divorced are currently married.
In 1996, 20 percent of men and 22 percent of women age 15 and over had ever been divorced. Less than half were still divorced (8 percent of men and 10 percent of women). The percent ever divorced was highest among men 40 to 59 years old (35 percent) ...   More details

Must know.
Spears and Alexander journeyed by limousine to the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip after a stop at the Ghost bar, a club in the Palms Casino Hotel. The chapel staff told the couple they couldn't get married without a license, so they were ta ...   More details