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The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage.

Many same-sex couples have been in committed relationships for years, even decades. Yet until 2004 no same-sex couples in the United States had the right to marry in any state and until the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges the right was unavailable to same-sex couples nationwide. Due to this longstanding denial of the right to marry, most same-sex relationships appear artificially short when measured solely by reference to the couple's civil marriage date. This circumstance has important legal consequences for many same-sex couples, as a number of rights associated with marriage are tied not merely to the fact of marriage, but also to its length measured either in absolute terms or relative to a legally significant event. These rights include social security benefits, immigration rights, the marital communications privilege, and the rights to division of property and awards of alimony on divorce. Moreover, a same-sex couple whose relationship ended before the legalization of same-sex marriage may not receive any rights associated with marriage. This Article is the first to explore the phenomenon of backdating marriages as a means to ensure that same-sex couples are made whole for the harms caused by their longstanding inability to legally marry. The Article demonstrates that the Obergefell decision applies not merely prospectively but also retroactively, and that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to have their marriages backdated to the date they would have married but for the existence of a legal barrier. Because such backdating can create significant short-term administrative challenges, the Article provides alternatives to actual backdating that are somewhat easier for government agencies to administer but that still provide same-sex couples with constitutionally mandated "make whole" relief. Administrative challenges notwithstanding, the Article concludes that actual backdating—or its functional equivalent—is constitutionally necessary to remedy constitutional harms to ...

Few people enjoy filling out tax forms and paying taxes. For gay and lesbian couples in California who are registered domestic partners (RDPs), tax preparation has become even more onerous Beyond Marriage this year. For the first time, RDPs must file their state taxes as "married." However, the Internal Revenue Service, which does not legally recognize domestic partnership, requires LGBT couples to file their federal tax returns as "single." To complicate matters further, in order to file as "married" in California and "single" for the IRS, they must create an ersatz federal married tax return for state filing. That's three federal returns and one state return per couple. For many supporters of LGBT rights, "gay marriage" would rectify this convoluted tiered system. If unequal rights are the problem, then marriage is the answer. Or is it?

Determinanten des Erfolgs oder Mißerfolgs einer Ehe.

Themen: Der Datensatz enthält Befragungen zu verschiedenen Stadien
einer Zweierbeziehung. Ursprünglich waren 1000 Paare etwa zum Zeitpunkt
des ersten Kennenlernens bzw. der Verlobung befragt worden, die über
einen Zeitraum bis hin zur dauerhaften Ehe oder zur Scheidung mehrfach
befragt wurden. Gefragt wurde u.a.: Einstellungen und Angaben zum
Sexualverhalten aus der Sicht beider Ehepartner; Einstellung des Mannes
und der Frau zur Ehe; Schwierigkeiten in der Ehe; Persönlichkeitszüge
der Ehepartner; Glücksgefühl; Übereinstimmungen der Ehepartner;
allgemeine Zufriedenheit; Einstellung zu Kindern; Einstellung zur
Arbeit; Altersdifferenz der Ehepartner; Freundeskreis; Hobbies; Dauer
der Bekanntschaft und Verlobung; Heiratsgrund; außerehelicher
Geschlechtsverkehr; Beurteilung des finanziellen Ausgabeverhaltens des
Ehepartners; Einstellung zu einer Scheidung; Religiosität.

Demographie: Alter (klassiert); Familienstand; Kinderzahl; Alter der
Kinder (klassiert); Konfession; Einkommen; Haushaltseinkommen;
Selbsteinschätzung der Schichtzugehörigkeit; Ortsgröße; regionale
Herkunft; Besitz langlebiger Wirtschaftsgüter.

Recent trends in developing countries reveal that women are marrying at a later age. A 1996 study of early marriage in developing countries revealed that the Middle East and North Africa region had the greatest decline in the proportion married before age 20, with some countries experiencing as dramatic as a 35 to 41% declines. This article will show how the changing economic structure is impacting the dynamics of the marriage social contract in the Middle East. The basis of this work is to entice further research into exploring marriage as an important variable beyond fertility levels. In order to impact reform or policy on the demographic trend towards an increasing single, female population, perceptions and the roles of women other than mother and wife need to be examined. In addition, policy makers need to develop safety nets for women who are currently marginalized in the labor markets,. and are often seen as dependents on either fathers or husbands.