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2. Divorce in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [42] [45] [46] [47] In these states, the determination of duration and amount of alimony is left to the discretion of the family court judges who must consider case law in each state. In Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee, for example, there are 135 Appellate Cases in addition to 47 sections of State Statute that shape divorce law.

3. Law of Texas - Wikipedia

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   The de facto codifications are Vernon's Texas Statutes Annotated and Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, commonly known as Vernon's. [4] [6] The unannotated constitution, codes, and statutes can also be accessed online through a website of the Texas Legislative Council. [6] Gammel's Laws of Texas contains relevant legislation from 1822-1897. [7]

4. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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   When California first enacted divorce laws in 1850, the only grounds for divorce were impotence, extreme cruelty, desertion, neglect, habitual intemperance, fraud, adultery, or conviction of a felony. [29] In 1969-1970, California became the first state to pass a purely no-fault divorce law, i.e., one which did not offer any fault divorce ...

5. Texas Statutes - Wikipedia

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   The Texas Statutes or Texas Codes are the collection of the Texas Legislature's statutes: the Revised Civil Statutes, Penal Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure ...

6. Same-sex marriage in Texas - Wikipedia

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   The bill was signed into law by Governor Dolph Briscoe on June 15, 1973. In 1997, the Texas Legislature passed further legislation prohibiting the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [3] In 2003, the Legislature enacted a statute explicitly banning same-sex marriages and civil unions. [4]

7. No-fault divorce - Wikipedia

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   No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. [1] [2] Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.