diff --git a/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadMaritalStatus.php b/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadMaritalStatus.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7369d677b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadMaritalStatus.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Chill is a software for social workers
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, Champs Libres Cooperative SCRLFS, <http://www.champs-libres.coop>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ *  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace Chill\PersonBundle\DataFixtures\ORM;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\AbstractFixture;
+use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\OrderedFixtureInterface;
+use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager;
+use Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\MaritalStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Load marital status into database
+ *
+ * @author Marc Ducobu <marc@champs-libres.coop>
+ */
+class LoadMaritalStatus extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface
+{
+    private $maritalStatuses = [
+        ['id' => 'single', 'name' =>['en' => 'single', 'fr' => 'célibataire']],
+        ['id' => 'married', 'name' =>['en' => 'married', 'fr' => 'marié(e)']],
+        ['id' => 'widow', 'name' =>['en' => 'widow', 'fr' => 'veuf – veuve ']],
+        ['id' => 'separat', 'name' =>['en' => 'separated', 'fr' => 'séparé(e)']],
+        ['id' => 'divorce', 'name' =>['en' => 'divorced', 'fr' => 'divorcé(e)']],
+        ['id' => 'legalco', 'name' =>['en' => 'legal cohabitant', 'fr' => 'cohabitant(e) légal(e)']],
+        ['id' => 'unknown', 'name' =>['en' => 'unknown', 'fr' => 'indéterminé']]
+    ];
+
+    public function getOrder()
+    {
+        return 9999;
+    }
+    
+    public function load(ObjectManager $manager)
+    {
+        echo "loading maritalStatuses... \n";
+
+        foreach ($this->maritalStatuses as $ms) {
+            echo $ms['name']['en'].' ';
+            $new_ms = new MaritalStatus();
+            $new_ms->setId($ms['id']);
+            $new_ms->setName($ms['name']);
+            $this->addReference('ms_'.$ms['id'], $new_ms);
+            $manager->persist($new_ms);
+        }
+        
+        $manager->flush();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadPeople.php b/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadPeople.php
index e607078ad..fedff5a4d 100644
--- a/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadPeople.php
+++ b/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadPeople.php
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class LoadPeople extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface, Con
                 'LastName' => $lastName,
                 'Gender' => $sex,
                 'Nationality' => (rand(0,100) > 50) ? NULL: 'BE',
-                'center' => (rand(0,1) == 0) ? 'centerA': 'centerB'
+                'center' => (rand(0,1) == 0) ? 'centerA': 'centerB',
+                'maritalStatus' => $this->maritalStatusRef[array_rand($this->maritalStatusRef)]
             );
             
             $this->addAPerson($this->fillWithDefault($person), $manager);
@@ -148,12 +149,10 @@ class LoadPeople extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface, Con
     private function addAPerson(array $person, ObjectManager $manager)
     {
         $p = new Person();
-            
+
         foreach ($person as $key => $value) {
             switch ($key) {
                 case 'CountryOfBirth':
-                    $value = $this->getCountry($value);
-                    break;
                 case 'Nationality':
                     $value = $this->getCountry($value);
                     break;
@@ -161,8 +160,9 @@ class LoadPeople extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface, Con
                     $value = new \DateTime($value);
                     break;
                 case 'center':
+                case 'maritalStatus':
                     $value = $this->getReference($value);
-                    break;  
+                    break;
             }
             call_user_func(array($p, 'set'.$key), $value);
         }
@@ -180,11 +180,14 @@ class LoadPeople extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface, Con
               ->getRepository('ChillMainBundle:Country')
               ->findOneByCountryCode($countryCode);
     }
+
+    private $maritalStatusRef = ['ms_single', 'ms_married', 'ms_widow', 'ms_separat', 
+        'ms_divorce', 'ms_legalco', 'ms_unknown'];
     
     private $firstNamesMale = array("Jean", "Mohamed", "Alfred", "Robert",
-         "Compère", "Jean-de-Dieu",
-         "Charles", "Pierre", "Luc", "Mathieu", "Alain", "Etienne", "Eric",
-         "Corentin", "Gaston", "Spirou", "Fantasio", "Mahmadou", "Mohamidou",
+        "Compère", "Jean-de-Dieu",
+        "Charles", "Pierre", "Luc", "Mathieu", "Alain", "Etienne", "Eric",
+        "Corentin", "Gaston", "Spirou", "Fantasio", "Mahmadou", "Mohamidou",
         "Vursuv" );
     private $firstNamesFemale = array("Svedana", "Sevlatina","Irène", "Marcelle",
         "Corentine", "Alfonsine","Caroline","Solange","Gostine", "Fatoumata",
@@ -213,7 +216,8 @@ class LoadPeople extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface, Con
             'Gender' => Person::MALE_GENDER,
             'CountryOfBirth' => 'FR',
             'Nationality' => 'RU',
-            'center' => 'centerA'
+            'center' => 'centerA',
+            'maritalStatus' => 'ms_divorce'
         ),
        array(
           //to have a person with same firstname as Gérard Depardieu
@@ -222,27 +226,31 @@ class LoadPeople extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface, Con
             'Birthdate' => "1960-10-12",
             'CountryOfBirth' => 'FR',
             'Nationality' => 'FR',
-            'center' => 'centerA'
+            'center' => 'centerA',
+            'maritalStatus' => 'ms_divorce'
         ),
        array(
           //to have a person with same birthdate of Gérard Depardieu
           'FirstName' => 'Van Snick',
           'LastName' => 'Bart',
           'Birthdate' => '1948-12-27',
-          'center' => 'centerA'
+          'center' => 'centerA',
+          'maritalStatus' => 'ms_legalco'
        ),
        array(
           //to have a woman with Depardieu as FirstName
           'FirstName' => 'Depardieu',
           'LastName' => 'Charline',
           'Gender' => Person::FEMALE_GENDER,
-          'center' => 'centerA'
+          'center' => 'centerA',
+          'maritalStatus' => 'ms_legalco'
        ),
        array(
           //to have a special character in lastName
           'FirstName' => 'Manço',
           'LastName' => 'Étienne',
-          'center' => 'centerA'
+          'center' => 'centerA',
+          'maritalStatus' => 'ms_unknown'
        )
     );
 }
diff --git a/Entity/MaritalStatus.php b/Entity/MaritalStatus.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83bad2cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Entity/MaritalStatus.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2015, Champs Libres Cooperative SCRLFS, <http://www.champs-libres.coop>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ *  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace Chill\PersonBundle\Entity;
+
+/**
+ * MaritalStatus
+ */
+class MaritalStatus
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string array
+     */
+    private $name;
+
+    /**
+     * Get id
+     *
+     * @return string 
+     */
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set id
+     * 
+     * @param string $id
+     * @return MaritalStatus
+     */
+    public function setId($id)
+    {
+        $this->id = $id;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set name
+     *
+     * @param string array $name
+     * @return MaritalStatus
+     */
+    public function setName($name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+    
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get name
+     *
+     * @return string array 
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    } 
+}
diff --git a/Entity/Person.php b/Entity/Person.php
index e34c4adee..2ce0986a1 100644
--- a/Entity/Person.php
+++ b/Entity/Person.php
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ class Person implements HasCenterInterface {
     /** @var string The person's place of birth */
     private $placeOfBirth = '';
     
-    /** @var \CL\Chill\MainBundle\Entity\Country The person's country of birth */
+    /** @var \Chill\MainBundle\Entity\Country The person's country of birth */
     private $countryOfBirth;
 
-    /** @var \CL\Chill\MainBundle\Entity\Country The person's nationality */
+    /** @var \Chill\MainBundle\Entity\Country The person's nationality */
     private $nationality;  
 
     /** @var string The person's gender */
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class Person implements HasCenterInterface {
     const MALE_GENDER = 'man'; 
     const FEMALE_GENDER = 'woman';
 
-    //TO-ADD : maritalStatus
+    /** @var \Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\MaritalStatus The marital status of the person */
+    private $maritalStatus;
 
     //TO-ADD : address
 
@@ -395,6 +396,29 @@ class Person implements HasCenterInterface {
         return $this->memo;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set maritalStatus
+     *
+     * @param \Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\MaritalStatus $maritalStatus
+     * @return Person
+     */
+    public function setMaritalStatus($maritalStatus)
+    {
+        $this->maritalStatus = $maritalStatus;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get maritalStatus
+     *
+     * @return \Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\MaritalStatus 
+     */
+    public function getMaritalStatus()
+    {
+        return $this->maritalStatus;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Set email
      *
diff --git a/Resources/config/doctrine/MaritalStatus.orm.yml b/Resources/config/doctrine/MaritalStatus.orm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..112463c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/config/doctrine/MaritalStatus.orm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\MaritalStatus:
+    table: marital_status
+    type: entity
+    id:
+        id:
+            type: string
+            length: 7
+    fields:
+        name:
+            type: json_array
+    lifecycleCallbacks: {  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Resources/config/doctrine/Person.orm.yml b/Resources/config/doctrine/Person.orm.yml
index 73de33a38..e51644ecc 100644
--- a/Resources/config/doctrine/Person.orm.yml
+++ b/Resources/config/doctrine/Person.orm.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\Person:
         center:
             targetEntity: Chill\MainBundle\Entity\Center
             nullable: false
+        maritalStatus:
+            targetEntity: Chill\PersonBundle\Entity\maritalStatus
     oneToMany:
         accompanyingPeriods:
             targetEntity: AccompanyingPeriod
diff --git a/Resources/migrations/Version20150812110708.php b/Resources/migrations/Version20150812110708.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7dc7729f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/migrations/Version20150812110708.php
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?php
+
+/* 
+ * Chill is a software for social workers
+ * 
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2015, Champs Libres Cooperative SCRLFS, 
+ * <http://www.champs-libres.coop>, <info@champs-libres.coop>
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace Application\Migrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * Migration for adding maritalstatus to person
+ */
+class Version20150812110708 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    /**
+     * @param Schema $schema
+     */
+    public function up(Schema $schema)
+    {
+        $this->abortIf(
+            $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform()->getName() != 'postgresql',
+            'Migration can only be executed safely on \'postgresql\'.');
+
+        $this->addSql('CREATE TABLE marital_status (
+            id character varying(10) NOT NULL,
+            name json NOT NULL,
+            CONSTRAINT marital_status_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id));');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE person ADD COLUMN maritalstatus_id character varying(10)');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE person ADD CONSTRAINT fk_person_marital_status FOREIGN KEY (maritalstatus_id) REFERENCES marital_status (id) MATCH SIMPLE ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Schema $schema
+     */
+    public function down(Schema $schema)
+    {
+        $this->abortIf(
+            $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform()->getName() != 'postgresql',
+            'Migration can only be executed safely on \'postgresql\'.');
+
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE person DROP CONSTRAINT fk_person_marital_status;');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE person DROP COLUMN maritalstatus_id;');
+        $this->addSql('DROP TABLE marital_status;');
+    }
+}