Sweeping changes extend child custody to 18 years, reduce divorce waiting periods, and give women more autonomy in marriage ...

More states are lining up in an attempt to enshrine state protections for same-sex marriage in their constitutions as some ...

Restrictions are being placed on the ability of couples to marry through the Special Marriage Act and by one of the partners converting to the other’s religion.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court is considering whether Jains can seek relief under the Hindu Marriage Act after the Jain community was granted minority status. A 37-year-old software engineer's divorce ...

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental ...

Activists say the controversial law is misused to settle scores in domestic conflicts and to intimidate minority communities.

Lawmakers have introduced two bills this year to limit or outlaw marriage for minors. Previous efforts to pass laws that would keep young pregnant mothers from marrying have failed.

"OMG, I would rather let my baby eat dog food off the floor (which he's done a few times) than use soap on him." ...

It was a busy day at the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) offices, and at the Uganda Registration ...

In a dramatic turn of events, a Maharashtra court has discharged a man in a 17-year-old kidnapping and rape case, ...

Yogi Adityanath’s image as a protector of Hindus is founded partly on his long campaign against “love jihad”, a term coined ...

A video challenging in-laws' assumptions about knowing their male relatives better than their wives has ignited discussions ...