A Garfield County couple's signed, notarized document attesting to their common law marriage does not mean they were actually ...

Normally, when I write about case law, it is a divorce or family law case. Today, of all things, a tax court case caught my attention as it dealt with the issue of whether New Jersey recognizes common ...

Do you assume common law marriage exists everywhere? At some point growing up I "learned" that any couple who lives together for seven years automatically becomes a common law marriage, and never ...

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — An appeals court says couples must establish common-law marriages in other states before moving to North Carolina to be treated as spouses in divorce proceedings. The ruling Tuesday ...

“Well, we were never actually married, but we were basically married. Common law married.” Few words raise more red flags for estate planners and probate attorneys than phrases like this. Marriage is ...

Common law marriage is recognized in Alabama, Colorado, D.C., Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Georgia, Idaho, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, though ...