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You and Your Family and the Law discusses marriage, domestic partnerships, children, custody, support, assets & more.
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California Marriage - Think Twice ()
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June 19, 2008, 9:24 AM
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1. Anyone from anywhere can get married in the State of California now, same-sex or straight – you do not need to be a resident of California and or of the United States; licenses will be granted and you have to marry within 90 days of receiving the license. 2. There is no guarantee that your California marriage will be recognized anywhere else; 3. However, it is important to note that if you get ...
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Mazel Tov ()
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June 13, 2008, 3:01 PM
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Some history: My dad, a traditionalist and devout Jew, 78 years of age, fit as a fiddle and too handsome to handle, a wife nineteen years his junior, prides himself on his tan his physique and his ability to accept his gay daughter and her family. With his grandchildren his pride and joy, it is sad that we only see him once to twice per year as he lives so far away in South Africa. However we spea...
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Advocacy Apathy ()
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May 31, 2008, 11:04 AM
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Glaad, on its web page, warns of the perils of marriage for bi-national gay couples. Regardless of State laws which now allow marriages, gay couples will be at risk for deportation if they marry and the immigrant spouse is out of legal status, or if they marry and try and obtain one of the visas that specifically prerequisites that the foreigner has no intention of living permanently in the USA. T...
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Back in Court ()
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May 12, 2008, 2:15 PM
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Jim and Dina back in Court today- the epitome of ugly divorce? It does not have to be; they should put their children first; why allow this public display of nothing? Dina should place her pain behind her children’s interests and relinquish her “fraud” stance. Call it irreconcilable differences and move on. This is the father of your children. He was probably trying desperately to be straight, lik...
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Thinking Aloud ()
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May 7, 2008, 12:04 PM
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There are those amongst us who stride so boldly in the marriage equality parade, and whilst roaring the pc mantra, have the inadvertent audacity to hide behind the veil of ‘no-laws.’ You know who you are! I urge you to come out now. You think you are out but you are not, at least not until you find the capacity to fully embrace the culture of marriage and not merely preach the need for it. We have...
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