In July 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law effective Aug. 1, 2025, making couples who have been in a relationship for five years automatically legally ...

Americans are steadily delaying the age of first marriage. From 1983 to 2023, the median age increased by about five years to 30.2 years for men and 28.4 years for women, according to the U.S. Census.

Today’s question: Are you married? Short answer: Yes, if you went through a marriage ceremony conducted by an authorized person and received a valid marriage license, never divorced and your spouse is ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law effective Aug. 1, 2025, that makes couples who have been in a relationship for five years automatically legally married. But there was no such law, nor was ...

A Pennsylvania man who says that he and his deceased partner privately exchanged vows to create a common-law marriage more than 20 years ago has adequately shown the marriage exists in order bring a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- After Clint Duffy's father died in 2002, the family became embroiled in a lengthy court battle with a woman Duffy describes as a former girlfriend with whom his father had broken up ...

Does Social Security recognize common law or do you have to be legally married? My potential life partner is currently on disability collecting Social Security in a neighboring state. If the spousal ...

Six years ago Claire Ulrich, chorus girl met Charles E. Whitehurst, Baltimore. Md., theatreman, in Manhattan. They went to a hotel. In their room, without witnesses, they read to each other the ...

In July 2025, a rumor circulated online that U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law effective Aug. 1, 2025, making couples who have been in a relationship for five years automatically legally ...

Whether your dream wedding takes place in a pristine chapel or a stodgy courthouse, there’s always one thing in common: someone – be it a religious leader or a government official – presiding over the ...