Have you heard of common law marriage? What's the responsibilities involved?

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Is it true that in some state, (e.g. colorado), as long as you lived with that person for over 1 year, you are considered to have a common law marriage (or something else in that manner)
What are the responsibilities of this type of marriage involved? It is so strange.
 
Each state is different. In TX, its 6 mths and here in Louisiana, its 7 yrs so google ur state's common law marriage laws.
 
Only 16 states recognize common law marriage. Some of those only recognize common law marriages established before a certain date, and don't recognize any after that point. Only 10 actively support common law marriage, and one of those is for 'inheritance purposes only.' And you are common law married ONLY if you hold yourself out to be married. Which means that you tell the community you are married, call each other husband and wife, use the same last name, file joint income tax returns, etc. Some states have other requirements, such as length of time living together.

Colorado: A common-law marriage may be established by proving cohabitation and a reputation of being married.
 
Umm yes.. Technically I am in one...Lol
Its basically a couple that does everything that a married couple does except they do not have a marriage license.

Basically sharing assets, bills, house, cars, income taxes, etc.
 
Some States do not recognize Common Law Marriages. There are no specific resposibilities involved, what it means is that the two people involved are living together to split/share expenses because in most case the people do not want to lose their Soc.Sec. or possibly other income resulting in Divorces/Disability etc.. Hopefully the people that choose to live together are "In Love" or "InLike" so that they will enjoy the lifestyle they have chosen. You Do not need a "Marriage License" to prove to anyone that you want to share you life with someone. Nothing strange about it.
 
To my knowledge, commonlaw marriage laws have changed and there basically is no more commonlaw marriage (at least not in NY). This means that despite how long you've been living together, you leave with what you came with.
 
in the time it took you to ask this question, you could have found all the info on google! Look it up, its more like 7 years i believe, but again look it up, it will tell which states recognize it, and how long you have to be with that person.
 
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