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From: hon@iheds.UUCP (Herb Norton)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Common Law Marriage and Taxes
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 21:43:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 21:43:46 1985
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> 
> I thought that common law marriage was accepted as a legal marriage in all 
> states.
> In New Jersey I think that after 7 years of living together (with someone of theopposite sex)
> one is considered legally married.
> Does any one know if this is correct?
> Is seven years the correct number?
> Please post your response to the net or send me mail.
> Thanks.
> 
> Sandy Cifrodelli
> Bellcore
> 
> "Yes there is still life after the split up of the Bell System"

Common law marriages are not legal in all states.  Because they are
not legal in Missoure, I know of someone whose parents got legally
married only when she was in college.  They had gone to Arkansas to
get married in their teens, but it turned out that because of a
change in the law, her father was under age at the time.  They finally
found out about the problem over twenty years later and got legally
married.

Herb Norton
Bell Labs