Common-law marriage refers to a relationship in which couples have not filed for marriage at government offices but are ...

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 ...

Did you assume common law marriage existed in every state? I did. I feel like it was one of those bits of information that floated around as simply a given that if you lived with someone for seven ...

In the above technical interpretation, the CRA confirms the ability to claim spousal donations even for the period prior to marriage or common-law partnership, provided the couple’s status is married ...

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday changed the way common-law marriage is defined in the courts to make it more inclusive of same-sex couples and to update the three-decade-old legal standard to ...