Does Arizona state law regonize common law marriages?
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Arizona has a specific statute relating to common law marriages: \n\nArizona Revised Statute §25-111 states as follows:\n\nA. A marriage shall not be contracted by agreement without a marriage ceremony.\nB. A marriage contracted within this state is not valid unless all of the following occur:\n1. A license is issued as provided in this title.\n2. The marriage is solemnized by a person authorized by law to solemnize marriages or by a person purporting to act in such capacity and believed in good faith by at least one of the parties to be so authorized.\n3. The marriage is solemnized before the expiration of the marriage license.\nC. The requirements of this section do not apply to the conversion of an existing marriage that is valid in this state to a covenant marriage that complies with the requirements of section 25-902.\n\nAs you will note above, the statute states that for a marriage entered into in Arizona, certain requirements must be met. Specifically, Arizona requires a ceremony, license and an authorized person to conduct the ceremony (or at least believed to be authorized). Thus, you cannot marry via the common law method in Arizona. However, if a couple was legally married under the common law in another state, Arizona will recognize that marriage.
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California is not a common-law marriage state; nor is it a palimony jurisdiction.\n\nUnless there is something you haven't said it's hard to see a basis for her claim. If she did, contrary to what seems to have been the case, make contributions towards payment on the house or mortgage, she may have some sort of claim. Otherwise she is blowing smoke.
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romadgo..utter rubbish!...Nothing wrong in common law marriages, I do not live in the US, I am pagan and as a pagan I got 'wed' we had a handfastening ceremony.  Just because its not recognised by law doesnt mean it doesnt work.  Many of my friends live with their life partner, and have kids. A piece of paper doesnt keep you together, love does
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30 days.  You can find forms at http://www.divorce-forms.com/ARIZONA-DIVORCE-FORMS.html
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Those were the numbers I saw. So in other words the state of AZ is going to allow same sex marriages.
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Actually, it's a federal law in the US:\n\nBigamy: Crime of marrying during the continuance of a lawful marriage. Bigamy is not committed if a prior marriage has been terminated by a divorce or a decree of nullity of marriage. In the United States if a husband or wife is absent and unheard of for seven (or in some states five) years and not known to be alive, he or she is presumed dead, and remarriage by the other spouse is not bigamous. It is not necessarily a defense to a charge of bigamy that the offending party believed in good faith that he was divorced or that his previous marriage was not lawful.\n\nThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1878 that plurality of wives (polygamy), as originally permitted by the Mormon religion, violated criminal law and was not defensible as an exercise of religious liberty. The Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy in 1890, but the practice has persisted among some, although it has been rarely prosecuted.
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Yes, but if you don't go through the whole license/district justice or priest route, the state will not recognize your marriage as legal - thus, you're not actually married.
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STATES THAT RECOGNIZE COMMON LAW MARRIAGE: \nOnly a few states recognize common law marriages: \n\nAlabama\nColorado\nGeorgia (if created before 1/1/97)\nIdaho (if created before 1/1/96)\nIowa\nKansas\nMontana\nNew Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)\nOhio (if created before 10/10/91)\nOklahoma (possibly only if created before 11/1/98. Oklahoma's laws and court decisions may be in conflict about whether common law marriages formed in that state after 11/1/98 will be recognized.)\nPennsylvania (if created before 9/03)\nRhode Island\nSouth Carolina\nTexas\nUtah\nWashington, D.C.\n\nGoogle common law states
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dba_greg is right, but even if you become common law partners, have a lawyer write up a will. Especially if you live in a red state. "Some People" think common law rights are open to interpretation.  Do either of you have immediate family members who disagree with your lifestyle?  Then, make SURE your partner is legally protected!
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Texas does recognize common law marriage (called an informal marriage), but there is no such thing as a common law divorce. If you have a common law marriage and it is registered with the state within 2 years of separation, or alleged in any official proceeding within 2 years of separation that you were in fact amrried, you must sue for divorce in exactly the same way any other married couple would.
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no.  ny has no common marriage law.
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Does the state you live in recognize "common law" marriage? If so,you can go to the courthouse,taking proper ID with you,filling out some paperwork,pay the SAME fee it would cost to get a marriage license,and it would be notorized and you would be "common law" same as a Justice of the Peace marrying you(that is how it is here in Texas). Took the notorized paperwork to Driver's License place,got new license with his last name,nice and easy, no hassles,just had to pay the $10 to get name changed on Driver's License. Good luck
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Holding title to real property as Community Property is a type of ownership available to married couples only. There are currently nine states which offer Community Property status. These states are: Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. The "marital property act" defined Wisconsin as a community-property state, but individual circumstances will dictate how this act is interpreted. \n\nThe property laws in these nine states look at property purchased during a marriage as community property and both husband and wife have an equal right to possess the property during their marriage. In some states, upon the death of either spouse, the surviving spouse automatically receive half of the community property. With community property, neither spouse may sell his or her own share. To transfer the property to someone else, both husband and wife must sign the deed. When one spouse dies and leaves no will, the surviving spouse may acquire the property, but unlike joint tenancy, either spouse may will his half interest to others if he or she so chooses. \n\nCommunity property laws may become complex, especially when dividing up assets upon a dissolution of the marriage. You may have heard of the divorced couple in which the ex husband filed for his share of the proceeds of the lottery winnings of his former wife. Apparently, his wife had won the lottery, while they were still married, and failed to tell her husband of her winnings. They then divorced and the wife did not reveal these lottery winnings as assets at the time of the dissolution. The husband found out some time later, filed for his share in court, and was awarded the full amount of the lottery money. This occurred in a Community Property state, where all assets of a married couple acquired during the marriage are considered "community property." If you have any doubts as to Community Property law in your state, you may want to consult with an attorney, to be certain what the implications are of holding title as community property.
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Secular law in most western countries with large Jewish and Christian populations does not recognise polygamous marriages. However, few such countries have any laws against living a polygamous lifestyle: they simply refuse to give it any official recognition. Parts of the United States, however, criminalize even the polygamous lifestyle; these laws originated as anti-Mormon legislation, although they are rarely enforced. Polygamists may find it harder to obtain legal immigrant status
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I BELIEVE THAT IT IS 6 MONTHS AT A TIME...I HAVE FRIENDS THAT DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND GO TO ARIZONA AND THEN GO BACK AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO GO BACK FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS AND THEN THEY CAN COME BACK AGAIN. YOU WILL GET THE BEST ANSWERS FROM THE AMERICAN INS ONE WAY TO MAYBE SPEED THINGS UP IS TO COME HERE TO HIM GET MARRIED AND WHILE YOU ARE HERE FOR THE 6 MONTHS HE CAN FILE FOR YOU TO STAY BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD BE HIS WIFE
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Only if the old marriage is invalid. If you were a Catholic when you first married, and chose not to marry in the church, this should be easy to prove. A Justice of the Peace Marriage does not a Church Wedding make. Go see your parish priest and begin annulment proceedings. This must be done first.\nGood luck.
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Ha!  I doubt there are any lists.  First of all you have to find out if common-law marriages were even legal in Kansas.  They are not legal in most states.  Even in states where they are legal, like Washington, D.C., there are no lists because a common-law marriage, by definition, is one that the man and woman agree to strictly between themselves and without any formal church or government ceremony.  Therefore the government will have no records.