From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Mar 5 08:47:04 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k25Fl4jb011587; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:47:04 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k25Fl26i018594 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:47:02 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k25DH5FI021638 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:17:05 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k25DH52J021637 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:17:05 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2533ZFI005902 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:03:35 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k255XKjf012950 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:33:20 -0700 X-Envelope-From: JYoung6180@aol.com Sat Mar 4 22:33:20 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k255XKjb012939 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:33:20 -0700 Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k255XKE7013898 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:33:20 -0700 Received: from JYoung6180@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.1c8.3bda28b3 (3699) for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 00:33:10 -0500 (EST) From: JYoung6180@aol.com Message-ID: <1c8.3bda28b3.313bd216@aol.com> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 00:33:10 EST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5021 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Common Law Marriages Maria Di Coio mdicoio@nyc.rr.com wrote: 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 --- All I'd add to the above is that once a couple has established a valid common law marriage in the states noted above that marriage is generally considered valid in other states should they move to other states that normally wouldn't recognize a common law marriage. SSA and other Federal agencies will also recognize a common law marriage. Also, a legal divorce is required to terminate a common law marriage. Joan