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Marriage - Coggle Diagram
Marriage
Division of Property
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Separate Property States
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Divorce
Factors considered including economic need, status, rehabilitation, contributions, fault (in some states)
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The Family Home
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Some courts will delay the sale of the family home until the couple's children have reached the couple's children have reached the age of majority.
Licenses and Degrees
Medical licenses belonging to one spouse was marital property whose value should be divided between parties (O'Brien v. O'Brien"
"Goodwill"
A business's reputation, patronage or other intangible assets can be divided as well
History
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DOMA (1996) prevented same-sex couples whose marriages were recognized by their home states from receiving the many benefits available to other married couples under federal law.
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