If a person is in common-law marriage, they are ineligible for the deduction. (Mainichi/Tsuyoshi Yamada) TOKYO -- Common-law marriage refers to a relationship in which couples have not filed for ...

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A new anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify those ...

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It was worth it for me to look into alternative paths to citizenship, too Although a common path to citizenship ... under that specific Portuguese law was January 1, 2024, similar laws may exist ...

Gan Huatian, a representative of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from southwestern Sichuan province, said he would propose a law penalizing employers engaging in ...

she was hoping the time in Italy would save her marriage. It was 2017. Monica lived in a nice house in Connecticut in the United States. She worked as a clinical paralegal at Yale Law School.