Sentences with phrase «rights upon marriage»

Under that system, women gave up their personal property rights upon marriage.

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Quit trying to define marriage and women's reproductive rights based upon your personal religious beliefs.

Indeed, it has been supposed by some that the teraphim, household gods, (Genesis 35:4; 31:19; 30 - 35; I Samuel 15:23; 19:13, 16; II Kings 23:24) were originally images of ancestors; that they were honored as such and were part of the apparatus of popular religion; (Hosea 3:4) that mortuary customs which the prophetic school later condemned grew up around them; (Cf. Deuteronomy 26:13 - 14) that the right of performing the necessary ceremonies for one's ancestors devolved upon a son and that this fact underlay both the sense of tragedy in being sonless and the practices of levirate marriage and of adoption to avoid such disaster; (Cf. Genesis 15:2 - 3; 30:3 - 8; Deuteronomy 25:5 - 10) and that this set of ideas and customs was an integral part of the whole clan organization of early Israel.

The structures of the romance genre — which rely upon white, middle - class, able - bodied, and heterosexual norms of social mobility and citizenship through the marriage union — make a nonstereotypical and nondiscriminatory inclusion of black and disabled people quite difficult, since social mobility, rights of citizenship, and marriage are still actively denied to black and disabled people.»

«To be clear, if the state Legislature, who should be the real target of this attack, passes marriage equality, Dan will protect everyone's right to marriage and also aggressively prosecute any individuals who impede or infringe upon those rights.»

The goal of the protests, he said, is to organize a movement that will give the people of New York the right to vote on the issue of gay - marriage, which New York politicians took upon themselves to legalize without hearing the people.

You will find numerous differences in legal rights, from inheritance to access to medical information, presence in hospital ICUs, etc. «Marriage» is a legal, as well as a social contract and its denial based upon sexual orientation is a base violation of civil rights that future generations will condemn.

Such a proposal will have no impact upon genuine marriages since so long as the marriage continues to subsist the spouse has the right to be in the UK.

«If a marriage equality act is passed by the State Legislature, not only will Dan protect everyone's right to marriage, but he will also prosecute any person (s) that tries to impede or infringe upon those rights.»

In this sense, Le Redoutable is rather a right wing work — highly sceptical and derisive of revolutionary communism, very pro marriage and in favour of the iron - fisted auteur who imposes his vision upon the braying underlings.

They said they wanted the rights and benefits of marriage but had «deep - rooted and genuine ideological objections to marriage based upon what they consider to be its historically patriarchal nature».

The loss of inheritance and pension rights upon dissolution of the marriage as of the date of dissolution.

For example, in many states, property owned by one party before the marriage was commenced is not subject to division as marital property upon divorce and often the right to alimony following a short marriage that does not produce children is quite modest.

If a person pretends such a marriage, and proclaims it to others, the law considers it as a malicious act, subjecting the party against whom it is set up to various disadvantages of fortune and reputation, and imposing upon the public (which for many reasons is interested in knowing the real state and condition of the individuals who compose it) an untrue character; interfering in many possible consequences with the good order of society, as well as the rights of those who are entitled to its protection.

By the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004), same - sex couples were provided with a formal mechanism for recognising and giving legal effect to their relationships, and to confer upon them the same rights and obligations as entailed by marriage.

Alabama law provides: «Upon granting a divorce, the court may give the custody and education of the children of the marriage to either father or mother, as may seem right and proper.»

This is the third time (yes, indeed) that Turkey's Constitutional Court dealt with this case — each time with identical facts (a woman asking to keep her name upon marriage)-- and the second time it has done so since the European Court of Human Rights delivered a violation judgment against Turkey on the very same issue.

Even if a prenuptial agreement deals with the matrimonial home (e.g. it will be owned solely by one person upon termination of the marriage, etc.), that Agreement can not supersede each spouse's right to possess the matrimonial home under the Family Law Act.

courts, and until the time of James I, it was punished through the instrumentality of those tribunals not merely because ecclesiastical rights had been violated, but because upon the separation of the ecclesiastical courts from the civil the ecclesiastical were supposed to be the most appropriate for the trial of matrimonial causes and offences against the rights of marriage, just as they were for testamentary causes and the settlement of the estates of deceased persons.

In general, a husband and wife both have legal rights upon the birth a child from their marriage.

Emotional wounds the spouses inflicted upon each other during the marriage cause the pain, anger, and disdain to flare right back up during a custody case, and the children are pawns in this rehashing — or escalation — of old marital fights.

In making an equitable apportionment of marital property, the family court must give weight in such proportion as it finds appropriate to all of the following factors: (1) the duration of the marriage along with the ages of the parties at the time of the marriage and at the time of the divorce; (2) marital misconduct or fault of either or both parties, if the misconduct affects or has affected the economic circumstances of the parties or contributed to the breakup of the marriage; (3) the value of the marital property and the contribution of each spouse to the acquisition, preservation, depreciation, or appreciation in value of the marital property, including the contribution of the spouse as homemaker; (4) the income of each spouse, the earning potential of each spouse, and the opportunity for future acquisition of capital assets; (5) the health, both physical and emotional, of each spouse; (6) either spouse's need for additional training or education in order to achieve that spouse's income potential; (7) the non marital property of each spouse; (8) the existence or nonexistence of vested retirement benefits for each or either spouse; (9) whether separate maintenance or alimony has been awarded; (10) the desirability of awarding the family home as part of equitable distribution or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having custody of any children; (11) the tax consequences to each or either party as a result of equitable apportionment; (12) the existence and extent of any prior support obligations; (13) liens and any other encumbrances upon the marital property and any other existing debts; (14) child custody arrangements and obligations at the time of the entry of the order; and (15) such other relevant factors as the trial court shall expressly enumerate in its order.

This book should be read by all parents who are searching for a way to do what's right for their children upon marriage breakdown.