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The Putative Marriage Doctrine, Christopher L. Blakesley Jan 1985

The Putative Marriage Doctrine, Christopher L. Blakesley

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The classic putative marriage doctrine is substantive, ameliorative or corrective; it is designed to allow all the civil effects -- rights, privileges, and benefits -- which obtain in a legal marriage to flow to parties to a null marriage who had a good faith belief that their "marriage" was legal and valid. Most jurisdictions in the United States have developed equitable analogues to the putative spouse doctrine that provide all or part of the relief afforded by the classic doctrine.

If a marriage is declared to be null or void, that declaration is retroactive to the day that the null …


Motions To Enforce Settlements: An Important Procedural Tool, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jan 1984

Motions To Enforce Settlements: An Important Procedural Tool, Jeffrey W. Stempel

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"We're Only Trying To Help": The Burden And Standard Of Proof In Short-Term Civil Commitment, Lynne Henderson Jan 1979

"We're Only Trying To Help": The Burden And Standard Of Proof In Short-Term Civil Commitment, Lynne Henderson

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