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A majority of U.S. jurisdictions, however, do not follow U.S. federal common law; in most states, the party-spouse, and not the witness-spouse, is the holder of spousal testimonial privilege. [3] Spousal testimonial privilege covers observations, such as the color of the clothing the party-spouse was wearing on a certain day, as well as ...
Wages of an employee working for one's spouse are exempt from federal unemployment tax [5] Joint and family-related rights: Joint filing of bankruptcy permitted; Joint parenting rights, such as access to children's school records; Family visitation rights for the spouse and non-biological children, such as to visit a spouse in a hospital or prison
Florida: Married women were given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1882. Lindon v. First National Bank is one of the earliest precedent-setting US federal court cases involving common law name change. [39] 1883. Washington Territory: Women are granted jury service rights. [40] [41 ...
Trammel v. United States, 445 U.S. 40 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case involving the spousal privilege and its application in the law of evidence. In it, the Court held that the witness-spouse alone has a privilege to refuse to testify adversely; the witness may be neither compelled to testify nor foreclosed from testifying.
Under a community property regime, depending on the jurisdiction, property owned by one spouse before marriage, and gifts and inheritances received during marriage, are treated as that spouse's separate property in the event of divorce. All other property acquired during the marriage is treated as community property and is subject to division ...
During the recent legislative session, Rep. Allison Tant, D-Tallahassee, and Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, were trying to facilitate home ownership and spousal benefits recognition with HB 55 ...
A unanimous panel of Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal Wednesday declined to offer an opinion on Gov. Ron DeSantis' argument that he has "executive privilege" to conceal records.
With spousal benefits, if you file at full retirement age, the most you can get is 50% of the monthly benefit your spouse is entitled to. But otherwise, your benefit can only shrink with an early ...