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From: Maria Di Coio <mdicoio@nyc.rr.com>
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Subject: [ROOTS-L] Common Law Marriages

FYI - Only 15 states & the District of Columbia recognize common law
marriages: 

Alabama
Colorado
Georgia (if created before 1/1/97)
Idaho (if created before 1/1/96)
Iowa
Kansas
Montana
New Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)
Ohio (if created before 10/10/91)
Oklahoma (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.)
Pennsylvania (if created before 9/03)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Washington, D.C.

Google "common law marriage states" for more information.

-- 
Maria