Johnette Duff is the author of The Spousal Equivalent Handbook: a legal and financial guide to living together, The Marriage Handbook: a legal and financial guide to your spousal rights, and Love After 50: a legal and financial guide. Nationally, she has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning and in various publications promoting information on love and the law. Ms. Duff has recently opened a web site titled, love and the law.
The Marriage Test Love should not blind a couple to the realities of their legal status of husband and wife, for they are bound by an unwritten contract of marriage governed by the laws of the federal government, the ...... Similar Editorial : Marriage Problem by Karl Augustine. | Source : Wedding Guide
Love, Marriage And Money The f-word. Finances. Combining love and money may be the biggest stumbling block on the path of true love, creating more rifts in relationships than in-laws, drug and alcohol addiction, or infidelit...... Similar Editorial : If You Love Me by Adeyemi Adetosoye. | Source : Surviving Divorce
Family Law A frustrating lack of permanence plagues modern relationships. Approximately one of every two marriages ends in divorce and the average length of a marriage before divorce is only five years. Many c...... Similar Editorial : Family Guy by Britt Gillette. | Source : Surviving Divorce
Legal Protection For Same-Sex Couples Has anyone considered a compromise solution to the issue of legalization of same-sex marriages? As an attorney who has spent years conducting research on the advantages and disadvantages of marriage ...... Similar Editorial : Is It Legal by Wolfgang Nedobity. | Source : Law Suit
Prenuptial Agreements "Til death do us part" is still the language used in most weddings. Couples enter marriage with the hope of making a lifetime commitment. If this goal is not reached or if a spouse dies, the desire t...... Similar Editorial : Prenuptial Agreements by hannibal_whitestone. | Source : Dating Advice
The Legal Fiction Of Common-law Marriage During a radio-talk show appearance, a caller told me about his unfortunate brush with the legal fiction of common-law marriage. He had been living with a woman for several weeks when he came home one evening to find the woman, his TV and assorted other property missing. He called the police, who mistakenly informed him that the woman was his common-law wife and so they couldn’t help him.What...... Similar Editorial : Fact Or Fiction by News Canada. | Source : Federal Laws
