jQuery.validator.addMethod("postalcode", function(postalcode, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || postalcode.match(/(^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$)|(^[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXYabceghjklmnpstvxy]{1}\d{1}[A-Za-z]{1} ?\d{1}[A-Za-z]{1}\d{1})$/);
}, "Please specify a valid postal/zip code");

jQuery.validator.addMethod("ssn", function (ssn, element) {
    return this.optional(element) || ssn.match(/^\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}$/);
}, "Please specify valid SSN");

function Validate(evt) {
    // Ascend from the button that triggered this click event 
    //  until we find a container element flagged with 
    //  .validationGroup and store a reference to that element.
    var $group = $(evt.currentTarget).parents('.validationGroup');

    var isValid = true;

    // Descending from that .validationGroup element, find any input
    //  elements within it, iterate over them, and run validation on 
    //  each of them.
    $group.find(':input').each(function (i, item) {
        if (!$(item).valid())
            isValid = false;
    });

    // If any fields failed validation, prevent the button's click 
    //  event from triggering form submission.
    if (!isValid)
        evt.preventDefault();
}