Yea, I always thought there was some kind of time value that needed to be met, like 5 or 7 years or something. Until I read that site.
So...does it work the same way for gay couples? *That* would make things interesting. :) G Money wrote: > 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:5:209433 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
