Common Law Marriage definition

Common Law Marriage means a union of two individuals not married to each other, who have lived together in a conjugal relationship for a period of not less than one year;

Common Law Marriage means a personal relationship arising out of tribal customs and traditions or from common laws of a tribe, state or nation wherein the union was entered with the intent of being married.

Common Law Marriage means two people who have an intent and agreement to be married, who have continuously cohabitated, and who have made a public declaration that they are married.

Examples of Common Law Marriage in a sentence

• To be eligible, you and your common law spouse must complete and sign our Affidavit of Common Law Marriage and send us the necessary proof.

• To be eligible, you and your common law spouse need to complete our Affidavit of Common Law Marriage and provide us with the required documentation listed on the affidavit.

• To be eligible, you and your common law spouse must complete and sign our Affidavit of Common Law Marriage and send us the required documentation.

• Cynthia Grant Bowman, A Feminist Proposal to Bring Back Common Law Marriage, 75 OR.

• For purposes of this contract, Domestic Partner shall be defined as the same or opposite-sex partner of a bargaining unit member who either files an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership (which is valid for same- or opposite-sex partners), or a State of Iowa Affidavit of Common Law Marriage with the University Benefits Office (opposite-sex partners only).

More Definitions of Common Law Marriage

Common Law Marriage means a legal marriage in the State of Texas wherein both parties are free to marry, live together, and hold out to the public that they are married to each other.

Common Law Marriage means a marriage in which the covered person resides as common-law and files both federal and state taxes as married, provides evidence of cohabitation as husband and wife, and by general reputation the two (2) individuals are living together as husband and wife and claiming to be such, and submits a notarized affidavit verifying common-law marriage status. By general reputation is meant the understanding among the neighbors and acquaintances with whom the parties associate in their daily lives, that they are living together as husband and wife, and not that they are merely living together.

Common Law Marriage means two people who have an intent and agreement to be married,

Common Law Marriage means a man and woman not married to each other, who have lived together as husband and wife for a period of not less than one year; (Amended March 7, 2009)

Common Law Marriage means a marriage recognised at common law as valid even though performed contrary to the law of the place where the marriage is celebrated. Regardless of its form, such a marriage must be based on the expressed agreement of the parties to take one another as husband and wife and be celebrated in circumstances where compliance with the forms of the local law is impossible or excused.

Common Law Marriage means a couple who documented their marriage status by registering their common law marriage at the County Clerk’s office or produces a judicial decree designating same, or produces evidence sufficient to establish such marriage.

Common Law Marriage means a marriage recognised