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. I suspect it would take much longer then 1 month. But yeah that's the gist. This is a holdover from centuries past when actual marriage ceremonies were a luxury for the wealthy class. The poor would just declare their marriage to their family, community and church. As you may have noticed, several of those 14 states that still recognized common law marriages have discontinued the process in recent years. It seems to be on the way out in the US. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA --------- | 1 | | --------- Binary Soduko | | | --------- "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209436 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
