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1
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annulment

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judicial dissolution of marriage on the ground that valid marriage did not take place

2
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best interests of the child test

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the doctrine under which custody of a child is awarded to the parent who is better able to foster the child’s best interests

3
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civil unions

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a legally sanctioned same-sex relationship carrying all of the rights and duties of marriage

4
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common law marriages

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marriages recognized at common law simply on the basis of cohabitation

5
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community property

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property acquired by a husband and wife during their marriage, other than property acquired by gift or inheritance, in a state that has community property laws

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dissolution of a marriage

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legal termination of a marriage through divorce or annulment

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domestic partnership

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an agreement between two persons of the same sex to live and cohabit together

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irretrievably broken

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unable to be repaired (as in marriage)

9
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joint custody

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shared responsibility of divorced parents concerning control and supervision of children

10
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legal separation

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an agreement whereby parties agree to live separate or apart from one another OR a court order providing for spouses to live separate from one another, often making provisions for support of a spouse and children but not dissolving the marriage

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marital property

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property acquired by spouses, other than by gift or inheritance, during their marriage

12
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marriage

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a special contractual relationship formed according to law between a man and a woman that results in the regulation of the social and economic status of the parties by law

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no-fault dissolution of marriage

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a court judgment dissolving a marriage without the necessity of one spouse’s proving the other spouse to be at fault in the marriage

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paternity

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biological fatherhood

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prenuptial agreements

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contracts entered into by a man and woman before their marriage settling their property rights upon death of one party or in the event of divorce

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putative father

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a man who is regarded to the the father of a child although paternity has not been established

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residence requirements

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legal requirements that parties have resided in a jurisdiction for a minimum period of time before voting, running for office, marrying or receiving certain benefits to which residents are entitled

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same-sex marriages

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marriages between persons of the same sex

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separate maintenance

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an allowance that a court orders paid to a wife who is living apart from her husband in order to provide for the wife and the parties’ children

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surrogate

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one who acts in the place of another

21
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termination of parental rights

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a court judgment declaring an end to a natural parent’s rights over his or her child

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miscegenation

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Marriage between separate races, at one point prohibited by Arizona law

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covenant marriages

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marriages recognized by Arizona in which the couples agree to obtain premarital counseling and accept more limited grounds for divorce