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	<title>Free Legal Advice, Get Answers to Law Questions &#187; Family Law</title>
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		<title>Impact of Marriage on Creditors Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prior article explained that spouses have a duty to pay for items that are necessary for the other spouse. Other than this debt for necessaries, questions often arise as to what rights creditors have in property that is owned by married couples. The answer is not as certain as it may seem.







The answer varies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawfiles.net/impact-of-marriage-on-creditors-rights/</link>
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		<title>Spousal Support Obligations During Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spousal support during marriage can be tricky.  We previously examined how property is owned given common law and community property laws.  We explained how these laws allow one or both spouses to control the use and disposition of property.  With these concepts in mind, we can consider the spousal obligation of support. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawfiles.net/spousal-support-obligations-during-marriage/</link>
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		<title>Property Ownership in Common Law States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While religion, love, and romance may be involved, marriage is a legal arrangement.  It comes with legal benefits and burdens.  This article looks at one aspect of marriage, namely, ownership and control of property after marriage in common law states.  






Two Approaches to Property Ownership
In the United States, there are two different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overview of Common Law Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people get married by having a marriage ceremony and obtaining a marriage license.  Others simply hold themselves out as being married even though they have not had a ceremony or obtained a license.  These individuals are said to have a common law marriage. 






Several requirements must be met in order for individuals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawfiles.net/overview-of-common-law-marriage/</link>
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		<title>The Marriage Ceremony &#038; the Marriage License</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are three legal requirements for getting married.  We previously considered the first requirement, namely, that the parties consent to being married.  Now we can consider the second and third requirements – i.e., how the marriage is solemnized and the marriage license.  This article will use Texas law as an example. 






Solemnizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Procedures to Marry and the Shotgun Wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have covered several aspects of invalid or bad marriages.  Let&#8217;s now look at the requirements to marry.  Generally, a person must consent to be married, the marriage license must be obtained, and the marriage must be properly solemnized.  Let&#8217;s look at the first requirement: that the person consents to be married.






Consent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bad Marriage Fails the Very Requirements to Marry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marriages can be bad, as in void or voidable, if certain requirements are not met.  These requirements vary from state to state; however, there are some nearly universal requirements for getting married.






Between Two People
Polygamy and bigamy are not viewed in a positive light by the states.  Polygamy refers to having more than two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawfiles.net/a-bad-marriage-fails-the-very-requirements-to-marry/</link>
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		<title>Marriage is a State Regulated Affair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family law is the branch of law dealing with family relations, including divorce, adoption, paternity, custody, and support.  Most family law issues, including marriage in particular, are regulated by the states.






State regulation of family law issues are limited by the federal Constitution.  The Tenth Amendment requires that powers not granted to the national [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawfiles.net/marriage-is-a-state-regulated-affair/</link>
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		<title>Requirements to Marry: Valid, Void, and Voidable Marriages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family law issues, including marriage, are regulated by state governments.  State law generally views marriages as valid, void, or voidable.






Valid Marriage
A valid marriage is one that meets all of the substantive requirements set out in state law.  I will come back to this point in the next article.  For now it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawfiles.net/requirements-to-marry-valid-void-and-voidable-marriages/</link>
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		<title>What is Community Property?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We previously examined property ownership in common law states.  Ownership of property under common law is different than community property.  Common law provides for separate ownership of property; whereas, community property is a form of joint ownership for property.






How is it Created?
There is no specific registration or filing requirement to take title to [...]]]></description>
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