The Archives of Unmarried America

Legal Issues
    -- State statutes prohibiting marital status discrimination
     -- Most states stigmatize children born to unmarried parents
     -- Some laws affecting single people
     -- U.S. Supreme Court upholds privacy rights of unmarried adults
     -- North Carolina law against cohabitation is challenged
     -- Virginia Supreme Court voids state's fornication law
     -- Alaska Supreme Court backs unmarried renters
     -- Bias based on marital status -- legal or illegal?
     -- Misconceptions over rules on common law marriage
     -- Georgia high court rejects fornication law
     -- Supreme Court decision restricts grandparent visitation
     -- Singles seek financial, legal perks offered marrieds