state to legally recognize same-sex marriage as a result of the decision of the state's Supreme Judicial Court.[57] Massachusetts has contributed many prominent politicians to national service, including members of the Adams family and the Kennedy family. Originally dependent on fishing, agriculture...
Currently, Massachusetts courts have not recognized any duty to support an unmarried co-habitant and do not recognize common law marriages. However, Massachusetts courts have applied equitable principles to resolve property disputes between former co-habiting individuals, and it may be possible for Mass...
Clergymen are permitted by law to have access to prisoners after death sentence, and are among those designated as “officials” who may be present at executions. The statutes prohibit marriage between relatives, and recognize marriage by civil authorities and by rabbis. The statutory grounds for ...
Although most of those prosecuted under FACE may be anti-abortion protestors, this fact is irrelevant, for the "First Amendment does not recognize disparate impact claims." Id. So it is with the AETA. In fact, Plaintiffs themselves postulate that labor picketers protesting unfair labor practices...
Massachusetts - geography. I INTRODUCTION Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the states of New England. It is bounded...
Apaternity actionasks the Court to recognize that an individual is the parent of a child who was born outside of wedlock. In Massachusetts, a child is considered to be born within marriage if the child is born either during a marriage or within Massachusetts. ...
“in the same household,” the district court had jurisdiction. The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the order against Defendant, concluding that individuals who share a common diagnosis or status, rather than marriage, blood, or other relationships enumerated in chapter 209A, and who live together ...