For the legal aspects of marriage, seehusband and wife;consanguinity;divorce. Forms of Marriage Monogamy (the union of one wife to one husband) is the prevalent form almost everywhere. Polygyny (or polygamy; having several wives at one time), however, has been a prerogative in many societies...
After the dissolution of a marriage, a disabled spouse has the right to receive support from the other spouse if he or she became disabled before the divorce or within a year after it. If the spouses have been married for a long time, the court may demand alimony for the divorced spouse...
marriage,matrimony,spousal relationship,wedlock,union- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
Divorce is permitted at the instance of either party, and for meredisagreement. A man usually divorces his wife by vowing in the presence of two witnesses that he will in future consider intercourse with her as incestuous in the same degree as with his mother. A divorced woman has a claim...
divorce court- a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts court of domestic relations,domestic relations court,family court- a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children) ...
Divorce(or the dissolution of marriage) is the termination of a marital union‚ the canceling of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and the dissolving of the bonds of matrimony between a married couple.Divorceis unlike annulment which declares the marriage null and void.Divorcelaws...
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning. / Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” ...
I have been married 38 years. Four years ago my husband began an emotional affair with a woman half his age (31 at the time) who had been a student of his. Three years ago he filed for divorce but then did not move the process forward. Two years ago he moved in with his affair ...
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Third is keeping your husband. If you lose your husband, you will lose your chance to stay at home, you will be forced into working, not to mention the unhappiness, poverty, and damage to children that usually accompanies divorce. I havepreviously analyzedwhich factors in a woman lead to ...