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 ...

Do you assume common law marriage exists everywhere? At some point growing up I “learned” that any couple who lives together ...

The shift from "common law" marriages — where two people (or their families) simply declared they were married — to legal marriage began in the church, with the calling of "banns," or public ...

Common-law partners have access to certain tax credits and perks. But they may also lose some of the benefits they received as a single person. Unlike marriage, which often comes with a degree of ...

Certain established laws regarding marriage in New Jersey means certain couples may not be as protected as they think.