Although a common misconception, common law marriages in California do not exist. In fact, the state stopped recognizing this ...

Does Social Security recognize common law or do you have to be legally married? My potential life partner is currently on disability collecting Social Security in a neighboring state. If the spousal ...

In 2013, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling nullified California’s controversial Prop 8 — the voter approved state constitutional measure that officially defined marriage as between a man and a woman. But ...

Of 10 state ballot measures voters will encounter this November, only one does not require a detailed financial analysis, much less is it another tax proposal or a huge bond measure. Proposition 3, ...

Normally, when I write about case law, it is a divorce or family law case. Today, of all things, a tax court case caught my attention as it dealt with the issue of whether New Jersey recognizes common ...