Is there common law marriage in your state?

I lived with a man for 14 years. When we broke up I thought are relationship was common law. Which entitles me to marriage benifits. But California did away with that. Does your state have common law?Is there common law marriage in your state?
My state does (if it's grandfathered - pre 1997)


http://www.unmarried.org/common.html


Here's the state by state list.Is there common law marriage in your state?
no in oklahoma
If you spend one night with some one in North Carolina, then you are married according to common law. I kid you not it is still on the books like that...And I thought it was 10 years in Cali...
I'm pretty sure wisconsin has done away with it.





Just the other day, I was talking to one of my buddies while we were eating ice cream. He said that wisconsin doesn't have common law marriage anymore. I was so startled, I nearly dropped my ice cream onto his brand new shirt. I didn't though, I was lucky.





Now that's what I call, a sticky situation
No, nor do the majority of states. Also, for states that allow it, the steps for actually getting declared ';married'; are different in each. For instance, all it takes in AL is to prove that you have received mail at the same address for 6 months and a trip to the courthouse to get married. Other places require things like: a will, joint financial investments, shared health insurance, etc.
yes 6mo, living togather or presenting yourself as man n wife.


TX
Common-law marriage can still be contracted in the following jurisdictions: Alabama, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire (posthumously), Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Note there is no such thing as ';common-law divorce'; 鈥?that is, you can't get out of a common-law marriage as easily as you can get into one. Only the contract of the marriage is irregular; everything else about the marriage is perfectly regular. People who marry per the old common law tradition must petition the appropriate court in their state for a dissolution of marriage.
I live in Ky and it was done away with here also.
yes in Canada we have common law after 3 to 6 months.
try looking under legal common law states for am not sure about Mississippi
I live in Ireland and common law marriage is not protected here either. What this means is that a man does not have a legal obligation to provide for his partner in the event of their relationship ending. He still has a legal duty to maintain his children though.





If you are not sure where you stand you should speak to a lawyer or family advice consultant to make sure you are aware of exactly what assistance you should be receiving from your ex and what support is available to you from the state. Even if your ex is on a low income he should still be providing some financial support to you and your children.





Make sure he does!!
I'm with you, in California, so, no.
Yes. It also has shotgun weddings.