Ed Hut said:
texas
if common law marriage exists does that also mean there is a common law divorce? if so explain common law divorce.
My response:
It is often the perception and misconception by Texans that if you live together, file taxes together, have joint bank accounts, etc., that you are married under the Common Law statute.
That's wrong - - at least in Texas.
In Texas, unless you have registered your relationship with the County Clerk's office, and have signed the proper State forms, first, you are NOT common law married. If you didn't follow the law, you're just "shacking up" and are not married.
Okay, let's assume you've followed the law in Texas, and you are now "Common Law" married. Such a marriage has the same exact, rights, duties, and responsibilites of any other kind of marriage in Texas. In other words, there is no difference at all.
Whether married in a Church, a Synagog, by the Reverend Levy (the Tap Dancer) Jones in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, or by Common Law marriage, a divorce in Texas would be exactly the same and required for either kind of marriage.
IAAL
[Edited by I AM ALWAYS LIABLE on 02-20-2001 at 12:45 AM]
