17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Ed Carp says:
FYI, to be married in this way, you have to declare yourself in public as married - introducing yourself as someone's husband or wife, for example, is enough. But being "common law" married, it's only "legally" - that is, if one or both parties want to dissolve the marriage and don't want to exercise their rights, they can just walk away from the marriage.
Untrue. Common law marriage is a real marriage in every single sense. There is no legal difference in states that recognize it. You need a real honest to god divorce in order to end one. Look it up if you don't believe me. Perry