Issues Involved With Privatizing Marriage
In general, a legal contract signed between two or more people will often include penalties for the severing of the contract by a party or parties. However, this typically does not apply to marriages in the U.S., which typically fall under the legal standard of no fault divorce. It remains an open issue as to whether or not these quasi-marriage partnership contracts will be enforced with penalties.
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