Domestic Partnership vs Marriage : Alimony Takes a Twist (Thursday 9 August 2007)
Marriage versus the domestic-partnership law — are there benefits to one and not the other?
Family Law
Family law includes all legal matters related to the formation of family relationships and their dissolution.
Domestic Adoption
The process of adopting a child domestically involves several steps.
Marriage
Being legally married confers rights and benefits that enhance and protect the parties involved. Learn about the traditional marriage as well as common-law and same-sex marriages.
Prenuptial Agreements
A prenuptial agreement, also referred to as prenup or premarital agreement, is a contract written before marriage specifying the couple's assets and what will happen to these assets in the event of their marriage coming to an unnatural end.
A common-law marriage is a marriage that otherwise meets the conditions of a legal marriage but requires neither a marriage license nor a formal legal process.
Emancipation of Minors
Emancipation is a legal process that frees a minor from legal dependence upon his or her parents.
Abortion
Information on abortion including the effects of Roe v Wade and an individual's privacy rights concerning abortion.
Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation
Legal research involving arbitration, mediation and negotiation including links to blogs, websites, associations and agencies, journals and news articles.