One day, she went down to City Hall and got a marriage license.
Her mom, Jaruphan Praisaeng, has withheld the blessing Thailand requires for people under 21 to obtain for a marriage license.
Their lawsuit was filed six months later, after they went to the Alameda County courthouse for a marriage license and were predictably refused.
For so many domestic violence victims worldwide, a marriage license can result in a death warrant when the victim plans to end the violence.
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She was suing for the five dollars extra that the Clerk charged her for a marriage license that was required by Public Act 95-711.
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The two women showed up at the New York City Clerk's Office, plopped down their money for a marriage license and were politely turned down.
According to Alpert, the issuance of a marriage license is a mandatory prerequisite to a valid marriage in California and generally comes before the ceremony.
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And neither does the State of California, which makes it a misdemeanor to solemnize a marriage without first reviewing the marriage license (Penal Code, Section 360).
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Apparently, funding the program with a marriage license surcharge would not past constitutional muster, if it could be used to help any old victims of domestic violence.
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The measure approved in Oklahoma Tuesday went one step further by making it a misdemeanor crime to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, a pre-emptive shot against any local officials who might want to follow in Newsom's footsteps.
Add it up: federal income taxes, Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, myriad federal excise taxes (check out your phone bill), state income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, electricity taxes, water taxes, sewage taxes, airline taxes, hotel occupancy taxes (if you vacation or travel for business), road tolls, vehicle registration fees, driving license fees, marriage license fees and marriage penalties (Washington's version of family values is to tax people for getting married), dog license fees, etc.
In most places, a marriage is valid if the license was properly filed and the parties held themselves out as being married, even when the only qualification of the officiant was an Internet certificate of ordination.
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As a result, divorcing couples hire experts to predict how much money their spouse might ever earn as the result of a license or degree earned during the marriage and receive up to 50% of those predicted earnings.
Ms Sweeney said that once the regulations regarding marriage licenses changed, they would hope to be able to apply for a license to carry out weddings there.
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