Did you assume common law marriage existed in every state? I did. I feel like it was one of those bits of information that floated around as simply a given that if you lived with someone for seven ...

According to the National Conference of State Legislature a common law marriage means you’re considered legally married ...

Property division in a divorce depends on whether the state follows community property or common law rules. In community property states, most assets acquired during the marriage belong equally to ...

Non-community-property states are considered common law property states ... or gifts or inheritances from during the marriage) is divided "fairly" at a judge's discretion, taking into account ...

Common Law Marriage is an arrangement where non-married persons are treated as married persons under the law. The arrangement has been abolished in the vast majority of U.S. states; currently ...

In half a dozen states, Republican lawmakers have introduced resolutions urging the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v.

Ohio Supreme Court to decide parental rights of woman who was in a relationship with kids' mother when they were born.

Ohio does not recognize common law marriage nor does it allow non-married couples to adopt their partner’s children. But the federal Obergefell ruling lets couples denied marriage prior to 2015 ...