Marriage Legal Questions and Answers
What is the punishment for incest?
I am unmarried and I have been living in California for the past 30 years. I had a sexual relationship with someone for three years who is closely related by blood. Later, I realized that such a relationship is incestuous. Is this a crime and will I be punished?
11/17/2016 | Category: Marriage | State: California | #26870What is the validity of a confidential marriage?
My boyfriend and I are living together since five years. We have now decided to get married. But we do not want to have a public marriage. Is confidential marriage accepted and valid in the State of California?
11/17/2016 | Category: Marriage | State: California | #26869Does a bride have to take her groom's last name when they get married?
Want to know if there is any problem with my retaining my present name and not changing to husbands after marriage and if there is anything I need to do to accomplish this.
11/17/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: Indiana | #25550Can a New Blank Marriage Licene Be Issued if We're Already Married?
If you are already legally married but you need a new marriage certificate (blank) for the wedding can you receive one? As long as it is for marrying the same person?
09/07/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: Arizona | #25473Does Arizona Have Heart Balm Laws?
Heart Balm Laws used in Arizona Law,Torts.
09/02/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: ALL | #25449Is My Marriage Legal if I Used a Name on the Marriage License That Isn't My Legal Name?
If I used my step fathers last name on my marriage license, (which was Not my legal name), is my marriage legal?
07/18/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: Ohio | #25198Can I Get Married in Another State Before My Divorce is Final?
My fiance is going through a divorce now. She has been separated 12 years and thought her divorce was final. She has filed and served the ex spouse. How long before we can get married legally? Can we go to a different state-like Hawaii-and do it now?
05/30/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: California | #24930Do I Need a Divorce to Get Remarried if I've Been Separated for 20 Years?
if i was married twenty years ago and never divorced, and remarried again is the second marriage legal.
04/22/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: New York | #24699Where Can Bigamy Be Prosecuted and For How Long?
Hi This is a tricky one to challenge you dealing with bigamous activity.Facts: Married a American girl in Jamaica January 2008, and signed all the legal paperwork, supplied by the vicar.We were living in California at the time.She had a marriage of convenience in place that was not annulled until May of 2008.I never register the certificate at the Orange County Courthouse in C...
03/19/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: California | #24443Is a Carribean Marriage Valid if the Paperwork was Never Filed?
If a U.S. couple marries in the Carribean, doesn't file the necessary paperwork after returning to the U.S., and then decides to terminate the union, is a formal divorce required or any other legal paperwork in the US to terminate the union or can the couple simply part ways with no paperwork required?
03/13/2011 | Category: Marriage | State: Missouri | #24391