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For example, in Alabama, North Dakota, Oregon and Wisconsin, male applicants for a marriage license were required to submit a medical certificate stating that they were free of venereal disease. Other states, including Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Vermont, forbade a person having a venereal disease from marrying, but had no ...
A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement (commonly referred to as a prenup), is a written contract entered into by a couple before marriage or a civil union that enables them to select and control many of the legal rights they acquire upon marrying, and what happens when their marriage ends by death or divorce.
Until the 1950s, [3] "premarital sex" referred to sexual relations between two people prior to marrying each other. [4] During that period, it was the norm in Western societies for men and women to marry above the age of 21, and there were no considerations that one who had sex would not marry.
In the Puritan colonies of New England, marriage required the consent of both parents and children. Law and custom governed courtship. [6]: 281–286 Marriage in New England was considered a civil contract, rather than a sacrament. [7] A potential suitor would approach a young woman's parents, often with a small gift, and seek their consent.
The problem of get-refusal became more widespread when Jews lived in countries where civil divorce was available, separate from religious divorce.The earliest prenuptial agreement for the prevention of get-refusal was developed and accepted by the Rabbinical Council of Morocco on December 16, 1953 ("Sefer Hatakanot", Vol. 1, The Institute for Moroccan Jewish Tradition, Jerusalem).
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The prevalence of premarital sex in colonial America is shown by the rate of legitimate births within the first nine months of marriage; the late eighteenth century observed a remarkable increase in pre-marital pregnancies, with 30-40% of infants born within the first nine months of marriage. [10]
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