| A | B |
|---|
| Adultery | When one spouse has sexual relations with someone outside of marriage |
| Affinity | Related by marriage |
| Alimony | an allowance for support that is paid by the former spouse in the case of a divorce |
| Annulment | a legal procedure that held before a probate judge to end a marriage |
| Bigamy | an illegal act that involves a person that has two spouses at the same time. |
| Ceremonial Marriage | marriages that were performed by a religious cleric or a legal magistrate |
| Common-law marriage | an informal type of marriage created by teh parties themselves |
| Consanguinity | you are related by blood |
| Covenant marriage | couples that want to get married required to complete counseling before getting married in order to reduce the number of divorces |
| Desertion | when one spouse separates from the other for unjustified reasons |
| Legal Separation | a court judgment that ends the right to cohabitate or live together. |
| Polygamy | an illegal act of having more than two spouses at the same time |
| Pre-nuptial Agreement | an agreement that is written and signed for couples that make before getting married dealing with property and support issues |
| Proxy Marriage | The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act allows for a proxy marriage when one or both people involved in teh marriage cannot be present, such as but not limited to military personnel. |
