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Under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government was prohibited from recognizing same-sex couples who were lawfully married under the laws of their state. The conflict between this definition and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule DOMA unconstitutional on ...
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An unmarried woman, a femme sole, on the other hand, had the right to own property and make contracts in her own name. Over several decades, beginning in 1839, statutes that enabled women to control real and personal property, enter into contracts and lawsuits, inherit independently of their husbands, work for a salary, and write wills were ...
Arkansas- "Generally, unmarried couples are not afforded any rights or protections, unlike married couples, beyond contract law." [91] Connecticut- "No right to palimony exists under Connecticut law", unless there is a written contract. District of Columbia- No relevant information was found online in regard to palimony in DC.
The Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) is a 1994 amendment to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) that protects consumers from predatory mortgage lending. Expanded significantly in 2010 ...
The homeownership rate in the United States [1] [2] is the percentage of homes that are owned by their occupants. [3] In 2009, it remained similar to that in some other post-industrial nations [4] with 67.4% of all occupied housing units being occupied by the unit's owner.
In 2005, the Census Bureau reported 4.85 million cohabiting couples, up more than ten times from 1960, when there were 439,000 such couples. The 2002 National Survey of Family Growth found that more than half of all women aged 15 to 44 have lived with an unmarried partner, and that 65% of American couples who did cohabit got married within 5 years.