Although the criteria for legal marriage are simple and straight-forward, the legal implications of marital status so achieved are serious, complicated, arcane, and socially controversial.
Persons contemplating marriage are well-advised to seek competent legal advice.
Some of the legal underpinnings of marriage are available to long-term, same sex relationships. Nevertheless, the legal disabilities confronted by same sex couples, as such, are profound. Click here to return to the Table of Contents.