Getting married is one of the happiest times in a person’s life, so it is not a surprise that the last thing couples want to talk about is a prenuptial
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Getting married is one of the happiest times in a person’s life, so it is not a surprise that the last thing couples want to talk about is a prenuptial…
Continue Reading Top 5 Reasons to Talk to Your Partner About a Prenuptial AgreementToday’s broadcast on National Public Radio’s program “1A” featured three scholars in an informal chat about how marriage has evolved in the past 40 years. 1A is a loosely formatted…
Continue Reading NPR Provides an Update on the State(s) of MarriageThere are times today when you read about new conventions of behavior and pause to wonder: really? When today’s newsfeed started with a USA Today article about marriage that incorporates…
Continue Reading Pushing the “Age of Me” Envelope. Does Any Marriage Survive “Modern Monogamy?”When the Supreme Court rendered their 5-4 ruling on June 26, 2015 in the same-sex marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state…
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On April 29, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges. This case addresses the question of whether there is a constitutional right to marry that…
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Earlier this month Delaware became the eleventh state to legalize same sex marriage when they passed Marriage Equity Act in the state Senate. Passage was fairly close with 12 voting…
The immediate prompt for this brief article is the report on February 23, 2013 that Tiger Woods and his ex -wife Elin Nordegren were spotted at an event where they …
Continue Reading BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO: A GUIDE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
As we all know sometimes statistics tell a story. And as we look at the evolving American family the data coming out of Pennsylvania tell an interesting story as the …
Continue Reading MINING THE DATA ON MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND BIRTHS
There has been quite a bit of litigation and court decisions related to the Defense of Marriage Act and how it impacts state laws and the ability of states to…
The Defense of Marriage Act continues to be found unconstitutional in various jurisdictions across the country. Most recently, the Southern District of New York held it to be unconstitutional for discriminating…
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