However, some states recognize so-called “common law marriages ... and personal exemptions if the couple entered into a common law marriage in a state that recognizes that relationship ...

Does Social Security recognize common law or do you have to be legally married? My potential life partner is currently on disability collecting Social Security in a neighboring state. If the spousal ...

In the U.S., for example, the data show actual reductions in opposite-sex marriage rates in states that have adopted same-sex marriage. Mr. Milbank accuses these scholars of “cherry picking ...