This common law stuff is really frickin' goofy. All you have to do to become legally married, is live together and claim in public "we are married". BOOM. You are afforded all the rights of a couple with a marriage license (that they had to PAY for, I might add).
Additionally, lets say you live in Nebraska, and want to marry the person you live with. You can rent an apartment in Kansas for one month, move in with your sweetie, declare that you are "married", then move back to Nebraska, and they will legally recognized your common law marriage from Kansas! That is seriously bizarre. On 6/15/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > New Hampshire's on that list. Dammit, there goes my out. (although it > does say "for inheritance purposes only"...) > > G Money wrote: > > I count only 12 states (including DC) that recognize common law > marriages. > > Found the info here: > > > > http://www.unmarried.org/common.html > > > > What I found weird reading this stuff, though, is that if you live in a > > common law state, you live with a significant other, and you joke with > > people that you are "married"....you may actually BE married, by law! > Crazy. > > > > On 6/15/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I suspect it should be; I believe the US has pretty good relations > with > >> that country. > >> > >> besides, in many states cohabitating under the same name (e.g. playing > >> married) makes you common-law anyway. > >> > >> Washington provides for some hefty bonuses in the case of a common-law > >> break-up... > >> > >> :-\ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> will > >> > >> "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > >> and that would just be unacceptable." > >> - Carrie Fisher > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209431 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
