Marriage & Domestic Partnership

Although prenuptial agreements (“prenups”) have been around in some form for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Egypt, the controversy…

Changing your name after marriage isn't complicated, but it is document-heavy. Here's a checklist to help you streamline the process.

If you do live in a state that recognizes common law marriage, be sure you get what you bargained for.

Almost everyone needs a power of attorney at some point. Find out what a power of attorney can do, how to get one, and why you need it.

For Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his wife, Jamie, mixing marriage and business has produced one of the most expensive divorces in history.

Amongst the rich and famous, it's not unusual to find gag clauses so that exes will keep quiet about the nasty divorce details. But that is just the…

It's not just about the alimony anymore. Bizarre lifestyle clauses in prenuptial agreements are appearing more and more in the marriage contracts of…

What happens when a divorced parent fails to make court-ordered child support payments or to make them promptly?

To its supporters, covenant marriage is the answer to America's rising divorce rate. To critics, it's a rigid constraint that makes an already…