Recent Posts in Marriage

• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 18-Aug-2020

  What Happens to My Home After Marriage?

  If you owned a home before marriage, your spouse is entitled to some funds. Facing Family Law Issues? Receive a Free Case Evaluation Interested in More Videos? Subscribe to My YouTube Channel What happens to your residence when you get married? It is ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 2-Mar-2015

  Physicians Rank High for Happy Marriages

  Physicians have one of the most stressful jobs imaginable. With the horrible hours and crazy stress that come with the job, you would think that the married ones' home lives would be full of anger and marital discord. However, according to a new ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 5-Feb-2015

  More is Not Always Better for Weddings

  What is the most important thing you remember about your wedding? Is it the vows you took? Or is it the first dance? The answer for some of you may be work it took to set up — and fund — the wedding to begin with. If that's you, then ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 16-Dec-2014

  What Makes Marriages Successful?

  Last week, we told you that the commonly held belief that half of ­­marriages end up in divorce was just a myth. According to the New York Times, The divorce rate peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s and has been declining for the three ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 30-Sep-2014

  Can a Man's Height Make Him Marriage Material?

  In many polls about what they want in a mate, women always note that they want to marry someone with confidence, ambition and a sense of humor. However, taking the intangibles off the table, one trait almost half of them want is a tall man. A study ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 17-Mar-2014

  Cohabitation Before Marriage Doesn't Always Spell Doom

  One of the longest lasting of marital rules has been not to cohabitate with your mate before marriage. Whether it was for religious reasons or from empirical evidence, young lovers were always told by older people that to avoid divorce down the road, ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 3-Nov-2013

  Secret Credit Card Purchases May Harm Marriage

  Financial stress is one of the main instigators of marital discord. Many of the factors that go into the situation, like a change in job status or additions to the family, come out of nowhere. However, there is one active financial situation that can ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 1-Jul-2013

  Supreme Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional; California's Prop. 8 Overturned

  In a move that shook the nation, the Supreme Court last week ruled in the case Windsor v. United States that The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, was unconstitutional. The law, which passed both halves of Congress and signed into law by ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 1-Oct-2012

  Sharing May Not Be Caring...About Your Marriage

  New study shows that sharing housework could be detrimental to your nuptials When we were growing up, we were always taught that sharing is the best policy when it comes to anything. However, according to a Norwegian study, that may not be the best ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 6-Aug-2012

  A Long Wait for Another Chance at Love

  New York couple to wed after divorcing almost half a century earlier For Lena Henderson and Roland Davis, falling in love and getting married is all about letting second chances come. That's because, at 85 years old, both Henderson and Davis got ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 26-Mar-2012

  Together Forever-From The Start

  Couples who move in together before marriage no longer have disproportionally higher divorce rates As societal norms have evolved, one taboo that has broken its way into everyday life is the couple who lives together before marriage. Over the past 50 ...

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• Posted By demetriagraves 14-Mar-2010

  What "The Bachelor" Couple, and Every Couple, Needs to Know Before Getting Married

  With previous "Bachelor" couple, Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney, recently marrying in Los Angeles and with "The Bachelor's" newest couple, Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi, gleefully affirming their love for each other and their plans for marriage, ...

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