Is Marriage a Legal Contract?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Kirk Garner

Contract

According to law professor Eugene Volokh, marriage is indeed a form of contract.

UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh has a fascinating post in which responds to a reader’s question, “Is Marriage a Legal Contract?” This is an interesting aspect to the legal relationship we call marriage. Volokh discusses the privileges and benefits that flow between the parties, and concludes:

So marriage is a contract, and has long been described as a contract, but it

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About Kirk Garner

My primary area of practice is family law, including divorce, child custody, child support modification and enforcement, and grandparent rights. I have extensive experience representing parents and children in suits involving child protective services. In addition to family law, I handle probate matters
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