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 ...

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 ...

Yes, the Social Security Administration (SSA) does recognize common law marriages. Both parties to a common law marriage are ...

A declaration form for a spousal deduction is seen in Osaka's Kita Ward in this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo. If a person is in common-law marriage, they are ineligible for the deduction. (Mainichi ...