Taxation & Estate Planning

Love and Marriage ... And Marriage ... And Marriage ... And Marriage ... And Marriage ... And Marriage ...
Nigerian man arrested for refusing to divorce 82 of his 86 wives. (The authorities want him to get down to a sharia-approved four spouses.) He also has something like 170 kids. I'm not sure what the authorities think they're going...

Evan Wolfson: "Today is Freedom to Marry Day - Just Dont Say Gay Marriage!"
"Phrases such as "gay marriage" or "same-sex marriage" imply that same-sex couples are asking for something other than marriage."

The Future of Marriage
[Thanks to Maggie Gallagher for this:] Can Marriage Survive? CATO UNBOUND January 14-21, 2008 Marriage isn't what it used to be. Though divorce has declined from its peak, marriage certainly is no longer considered an unbreakable covenant...

Glen Lavy: Same-sex Marriage the Same as Interracial Marriage Hardly.
. . . same-sex ?marriage? advocates . . . say . . . ?How does this hurt you?? But they misunderstand that those defending marriage as the union of one man and one woman are not just concerned with themselves.

Polygamy and Same-Sex Marriage - Allies or Adversaries within the Same-Sex Marriage Movement
The article ultimately concludes that while polygamy and same-sex marriage may share some common ground, advocates should continue to distance same-sex marriage from plural marriage to avoid relinquishing the movement's hard-earned cultural capital and societal support.

Bix on Marriage Regulation
Brian Bix (University of Minnesota Law School) has posted Pluralism and Decentralization in Marriage Regulation on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper, written for a Conference on "Multi-Tiered Marriage," explores what the State role in regulating marriage is, and...

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Hawaii Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage in paradise

Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty
RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty >

Faulty Homes
Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. pays HUD $75,000 civil penalty for defective construction.

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.