Name change can be a complex choice. For instance, Gender identity and name were once thought to be unmoveable, unchangeable truths about a person. You were born, a name was put on your birth certificate, and it followed you the rest of your life, through all your school, employment, health and government records. But what…
Read MoreEarlier this month, a federal judge in California ruled that a same sex widow of a deceased FedEx employee should get survivor benefits – even though the couple wasn’t married according to state law and one spouse died before the Supreme Court overturned California’s use of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013. Schuett v.…
Read MoreWhat makes a prenuptial agreement stand up in Pennsylvania courts? Pennsylvania law, like all states, has its own view of prenuptial agreements. Previously we discussed Pensylvania’s unique law allowing a marital agreement of division of property to be created AFTER marriage. The state’s Supreme Court has also issued opinions in recent years that solidify our…
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