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  2. Conflict of marriage laws - Wikipedia

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    Conflict of marriage laws is the conflict of laws with respect to marriage in different jurisdictions. When marriage-related issues arise between couples with diverse backgrounds, questions as to which legal systems and norms should be applied to the relationship naturally follow with various potentially applicable systems frequently conflicting with one another.

  3. Roldan v. Los Angeles County - Wikipedia

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    Roldan v. Los Angeles County, 129 Cal. App. 267, 18 P.2d 706, was a 1933 court case in California confirming that the state's anti-miscegenation laws at the time did not bar the marriage of a Filipino and a white person. [1] However, the precedent lasted barely a week before the law was specifically amended to illegalize such marriages. [2]

  4. Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act - Wikipedia

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    The Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act, [1] (formally An Act to Amend Ontario Statutes to Provide for the Equal Treatment of Persons in Spousal Relationships), commonly known as Bill 167, was a proposed law in the Canadian province of Ontario, introduced by the government of Bob Rae in 1994, which would have provided cohabiting same-sex couples with rights and obligations mostly equal to ...

  5. Family Law Act (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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    Federal criminal code law against polygamy prohibits family court recognition or sanctioning of any form of subsequent marriage(s) whilst one or both persons are married to another person. [ 7 ] Nevertheless, it is important to note that section 29 applies only to the provisions of Part III of the law, which deals with spousal support, child ...

  6. Common-law marriage - Wikipedia

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    Common-law marriage, also known as non-ceremonial marriage, [1] [2] sui iuris marriage, informal marriage, de facto marriage, more uxorio or marriage by habit and repute, is a marriage that results from the parties' agreement to consider themselves married, followed by cohabitation, rather than through a statutorily defined process.

  7. Child marriage is still legal in California. How could this ...

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    The world cannot keep its promise to end child marriage by year 2030 if California continues to hold up progress.

  8. Your guide to Proposition 3: Affirming gay marriage in ... - AOL

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    The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a "fundamental right to marry" and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

  9. History of marriage in California - Wikipedia

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    The issue of same-sex marriage reemerged in 2004, when Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom directed the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing the California Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law to all groups. The marriages were quickly annulled by the California Supreme Court, and the ...