Common Law Marriage

[gdlipp]

Minnesota.

My girlfriend and I have been living together for about three years. We are both Minnesota residents. We are interested in pursuing a common law marriage solution that will be recognized by this state. What are our options?

[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by gdlipp

Minnesota.

My girlfriend and I have been living together for about three years. We are both Minnesota residents. We are interested in pursuing a common law marriage solution that will be recognized by this state. What are our options?

Why try to make it complicated? Just get married.

[FarmerJ]

this comes from the links avail in the Mn state govt web page [url]http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/9802/c2971546.htm[/url] >>>>Minnesota abolished common law marriages [1] in 1941. Minn. Stat. § 517.01 (1996). Previously, a common law marriage was seen as a legitimate option when formalizing a marriage was difficult because of expense or geographic remoteness. By the late nineteenth century, however, common law marriages were considered morally questionable. Ellen Kandoian, Cohabitation, Common Law Marriage, and the Possibility of a Shared Moral Life, 75 Geo. L.J. 1829, 1848 (1987). In addition, common law marriages raise a central fact issue--whether a marriage exists--if litigation occurs.
generated from the state govt web page search tab using the words common law marriage .

[nextwife]

Yup. A foolproof way, recognized throughout the US for a man and woman to have a recognized marriage is by getting a license and getting legally married.