At What Point Are People Who Live Together Considered By Law To Be Spouses?

Additional Family Law Articles

• Massachusetts Family Law: An Overview
• What Rights Does A Married Persons Have With Respect To Property?
• What Are Restrictions On Transfer Of Property Of Married Persons?
• What is a Separation?
• What Happens On Separation?
• What Rights At Law May Common-Law Spouses Not Have That Married Spouses Have?
• In Any Marriage Or Family Breakdown Situation, Or The Death Of A Surviving Or Sole Effective Parent, How Is It Determined Who Is Entitled To Custody Of Children?
• What Determines Accessibility To A Child By The Parent Who Does Not Have Custody?
• Could A Parent Be Prevented From Having Access To A Child?
• What Might Happen If Both Parents Were Found To Be Either Dysfunctional Or Otherwise An Unacceptable Risk To The Well-Being Of A Child, Or If A Sole Parent Died?
• Could A Parent Be Prevented From Having Access To A Child?
• If A Parent Was Denied Custody Or Refused Or Restricted As To Access To A Child, Could That Be Changed?
• If A Parent Who Has Custody Wants To Move From The Present Residence, With The Child, Can That Parent Do So?
• What Would Happen If The Parent Who Does Not Have Custody Were To Take The Child Away, Effectively Denying The Other Parent Custody?
• Can An Order For Access Be Enforced?
• Can Parents Make Their Own Agreement For Custody Of And Access To Minor Children?
• What Other Kinds Of Agreements Can Be Made Between Parties To Protect Their Property And Other Rights Between Them?
• What Do Such Agreements Usually Include?
• What Is Required To Make Such Agreements Enforceable?
• Why Are Marriage Agreements Or Cohabitation Agreements Important?
• When May A Separation, Cohabitation, Marriage Or Spousal Agreement Be Invalid?
• What Steps are Necessary to Enter a Valid Premarital Agreement in Massachusetts?
• In Massachusetts, can a Spouse Give Up His or Her Right to Alimony in a Premarital Agreement?