How are "short-term" and "long-term" marriages legally different?
It's a law in California; a long-term marriage is defined as a marriage that exceeds 10 years. So, when you are talking about long-term marriage versus short-term marriage, you're talking about a lot more rights. One of the rights is spousal support. It's presumed if you're in a long-term marriage, you would have a right to 'forever' spousal support. Those types of orders are recalled upon remarriage, death, or further court order.