The Marriage Contract

Your state

There are fifty-one versions of the marriage contract, one per state plus the District of Columbia, and they disagree about things as basic as whether an inheritance is safe. The book describes the contract most Americans have. These pages say what your state does differently. Click a state.

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Community property Equitable distribution

Most of these pages aren't written yet. A page goes up once its entries have been checked against the statutes and cases it cites. No lawyer reviews them. Published pages are marked ✓ in the list below.

Which state's contract applies to you is decided by where you live when the marriage ends, not where the wedding was. See Article 2 of the default contract. · Corrections · About the book