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Immigration Marriage Interviews Are a Trap, Couples Say
Alyse and Elmer Sanchez were thrilled when they survived their green card interview, a crucial step in obtaining lawful status in the United States. The officer agreed that their marriage is legitimate. Moments later, Elmer was in shackles, pending deportation to his native Honduras, leaving her alone with their two little boys.
Read moreVatican Defends Married Priest Proposal on Amazon Agenda
Organizers of a Vatican meeting on the Amazon defended plans to introduce debate on married priests, saying Thursday the proposal represents the “the voice of the local church” and isn’t an official proposal of the pope.
Read moreSpousal Testimony
In upholding a murder conviction, the New Mexico Supreme Court said Tuesday it has abolished a prohibition against spouses testifying in court cases about what their husband or wife told them in private conversations during their marriage.
Read moreAlleged Epstein Victim Details Green Card Marriage
As sordid Jeffrey Epstein stories pile up in lawsuits against the late sex offender’s estate, a new case filed Tuesday says Epstein forced one victim to marry a noncitizen recruiter in his vast sex-trafficking enterprise.
Read moreICE Issues New Guidance on Petitions for Child Brides
The Trump administration announced new rules Friday to scrutinize petitions to bring in underage spouses to the U.S., after data showed thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides had been approved.
Read moreRomania Top Court Approves Referendum on Marriage Definition
Romania’s top court has given a green light to a referendum that could change the constitution to explicitly state that marriage is a union between a man and a woman.
Read moreDoctor Whose Divorce Led to Firing Prevails at Top EU Court
A Catholic hospital in Germany discriminated by ousting a doctor from a supervisory role after finding out that he had divorced and remarried, the European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreUK Hammered for Denying Residency to Partner of Citizen
The European Court of Justice ruled against U.K. authorities on Thursday for denying residency to a woman who had been the unmarried parter of a British national for five years.
Read moreEU Magistrate Favors Rights Expansion for Unmarried Partners
Even the unmarried partner of an EU citizen should be afforded entry and residence when the citizen returns to his member state of origin, a magistrate advised the European Court of Justice to rule Tuesday.
Read moreHigh Court Tackles Law on Post-Divorce Insurance Squabbles
The Supreme Court appeared unlikely Monday to strike down a Minnesota law that keeps people from collecting on their exes’ life-insurance policies
Read moreS. Dakota Judge Sends ‘Alienation of Affection’ Case to Trial
While most states have done away with an archaic marriage protection tort hearkening back to the days when women were their husband’s property, that hasn’t stopped a South Dakota federal judge from sending the state’s latest “alienation of affection” case to jury trial.
Read moreLouisiana Law Restricting Immigrants’ Right to Marry Struck Down
In a groundbreaking ruling for immigrants who say a Louisiana law denies them the right to marry, a federal judge Tuesday granted a Vietnamese man’s petition to marry his fiancée without first showing his birth certificate.
Read moreAmericans Marrying Outside Their Race Up Five-Fold
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Loving v. Virginia – which struck down laws criminalizing intermarriage – new U.S. Census Bureau data shows 17 percent of newlyweds in the United States have a spouse of a different race or ethnicity.
Read morePercentage of Married Americans is Falling, But They Still Pay Most Income Taxes
The percentage of U.S. adults who are married has fallen steadily over the past 40 years, but married people continue to earn more than their unmarried colleagues and pay the vast majority of income taxes, the Pew Research Center said Thursday.
Read moreJudge Blocks Law That Kept Foreign-Born Citizen from Marrying
A federal court victory this week means a U.S. citizen who was born abroad will be able to legally marry his fiancée.
Read moreMissouri Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Not Children
A divided Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday that the frozen embryos of a divorced couple must be treated as marital property, not as children, even though state law defines life as beginning at conception.
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