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When there are fewer bachelors around women gravitate towards lucrative careers at a higher pace, reports The Houston Chronicle, summarizing a study conducted by the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Minnesota.

Former American Idol winner, Ruben Studdard, is an example in family law. His ironclad prenuptial agreement that made his divorce easy and clean, reports TMZ. If this is true, then his attorney will be getting a lot more calls going forward.

The “ironclad prenutial agreement” is a bit of a Lochness monster. Many claim to have seen it but in reality it is ephemeral. It was the even subject of a popular George Clooney film called Intolerable Cruelty.

In the divorce, Ruben Studdard’s ex, Surata Zuri, tried to get the prenup nullified, saying that she didn’t have enough time before the marriage to look it over.

The founders and producers of the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville are an unmarried couple and they want others to know that it is not necessary to be married to be happy, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Ann-Carol Pence and Anthony P. Rodriguez of the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville share many things, but they don't share a marriage license. In fact, they are part of a more recent American growing trend: the number of 30- to 44-year olds that are living together without marriage.

The hip hop video model and socialite, Amber Rose, just got engaged to long time boyfriend, Wiz Khalifa, reports E!Online.

Wiz Khalifa, who is known for his song "Black and Yellow" and Amber Rose, who was previously linked to Kanye West, shared the news of their engagement via Twitter, or rather, via an image of the big ring. A few minutes later, Rose tweeted, "He has made me the Happiest Woman in the World!!!!"

A thirty-four-year-old man, Stephen Troy Kendrick, was found guilty by Fulton County jurors of the statutory rape, aggravated child molestation, and other crimes against a thirteen-year-old girl, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

As a result, Kendrick received a sentence of life, plus two years.

Tuesday morning brought the opening statements in the Dunwoody day care shooting trial, reports ABC News.

The case, which allegedly involved an extra-marital affair between Hemy Neuman and Andrea Sneiderman, will be about the killing of Rusty Sneiderman, who was 36-years-old when he was shot. Neuman has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He is 49-years-old. And Andrea Sneiderman has already been called to testify and the salacious nature of the testimony should only arouse more interest in an already sensational trial, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

There are not a lot of free things in this world. And nowadays, with the cost of chocolate, flowers, and dating, love is sometimes not one of them either. However, for Valentine’s Day, weddings will be performed for free in Gwinnett County, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In Gwinnett County, weddings are performed by Gwinnett Magistrate Judges. They will perform weddings or even special vow renewals of free of charge at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Valentine’s Day, for those too jaded, is Tuesday, February 14th.

The news has been widely discussing the sixteen-year-old aspiring actress Courtney Stodden getting married to a 51-year-old actor, as reported in depth by ABC News.

In the story of the Courtney Stodden marriage, one fact sticks out: the couple wasn't allowed to marry in California, but could in Nevada, where one only has to be sixteen and have parental consent for marriage to be able to wed. Since Georgia is also one of the states where you can get married at age sixteen (with parental consent), the Stodeen story prompted a closer look at Georgia law, particularly the requirements about getting married.

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak's engagement to Kroy Biermann, NFL player with the Atlanta Falcons, was confirmed on Twitter, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"I am happy announce that YES @biermann71 and I are engaged! I'm on a cloud and so blessed!!" read Zolciak's Tweet.

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann met in June, 2010, a meeting which was depicted on a Real Housewives of Atlanta episode. Zolciak and Biermann's son, K.J., was born in June of this year, reports the AJC.

Arguing that his child's homework promotes polygamy, a Cobb-County parent named Hal Medlin filed a complaint with the school district, reports WSBTV.

The situation arose at Campbell Middle School where Hal Medlin's 13-year-old daughter was assigned to read a letter from a Muslim woman from a non-western country. It contained a passage that said that the woman wouldn't mind if her husband took more wives in the future. Hal Medlin felt this was an inappropriate promotion of polygamy (and the Islamic religion), reports WSBTV.

Regardless of how the school district decides to handle the matter, it might be useful to discuss the phenomenon of taking multiple wives, also called polygamy, and the law that covers this practice.