Determining intent for establishing a life together in marriage
Also stated as: Defining relationship intent and commitment
The pages courts cite for it
- Cited for: Determining intent for establishing a life together in marriage
- Cited for: Determining intent to establish a life together at marriage
- Cited for: Defining the separate spheres and destinies of man and woman
- Cited for: Defining the vagueness of "significant romantic relationship"
- Cited for: Determining the significance of a next friend's relationship
- Cited for: Adoption of the most significant relationship test
- Cited for: Critiquing reliance on individual partner distinctness
- Cited for: Determining if conduct is based on gender or individual relationship
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Federal opinions citing these pages
- United States v. Salvador, 180 F.4th 470 (2d Cir. 2026)
- Agbodji, No. 4:23-cv-00246 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 13, 2026)
- Colgan v. Garland, No. 3:24-cv-00591 (D. Conn. Sept. 30, 2025)
- Stacey Watson v. Attorney Gen. United States, No. 24-2290 (3d Cir. May 8, 2025)
- Agbodji v. Garland, No. 4:23-cv-00246 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 19, 2025)
- Balogun v. Mayorkas, No. 1:23-cv-01162 (D. Del. Jan. 2, 2025)
- Mohamed v. United States Citizenship & Immigr. Servs., No. 1:23-cv-01448 (E.D. Va. Sept. 27, 2024)
- Horak v. U.S. Citizenship & Img Svc, No. 23-10437 (5th Cir. June 4, 2024)
- Maria Smith v. Merrick Garland, 103 F.4th 1244 (7th Cir. 2024)
- Awan v. Mather, No. 2:23-cv-00258, 2023 WL 7002617 (D. Utah Oct. 24, 2023)
- Timilsina v. Bryson, No. 3:22-cv-01327 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 25, 2023)
- Bodo v. Cioppa, No. 1:17-cv-09254 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 18, 2023)
- Wong v. Wolf, No. 1:19-cv-08427 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 31, 2023)
- Shah v. United States Citizenship & Immigr. Servs., No. 3:21-cv-02798 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 30, 2023)
- Horak v. USCIS, No. 3:21-cv-01925 (N.D. Tex. Jan. 11, 2023)
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Filed under: Family Law and Child Welfare Issues
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