common-law marriage
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Only eight states recognize common-law marriage, and California is not one of them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
No, because the federal government does not recognize common-law marriage either.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2022
Murray said the bad blood is rooted in a common-law marriage between his sister and Sottile’s brother.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2017
Knight, a confederate army deserter, was in a common-law marriage with a former slave.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015
Illinois follows New York in abolishing the common-law marriage, and raises the age to eighteen in a woman and twenty-one in a man.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
