Common law marriages can dissolve in legal divorce and alimony.
However, it is alleged that they became married by way of common law marriage.
The mayor's main legal argument is that under state law marriage is solely between a man and a woman.
Leshner considered himself to have been in a common law marriage with Stark for 22 years.
In a common law marriage for 16 years with four children, Matthews' career still had great promise.
- 2 months ago The state of New York does not recognize "common law marriage."
In some states, the legal acceptability of common law marriage is very limited.
In fact, neither the name nor the concept of "common law marriage" was known at this time.
To this limited extent, English law does recognize what has become known as a "common law marriage".
The two fell in love and entered into a common law marriage in 1888.
