[AmericanVictory]

You are correct. And there also must be a “holding out” as man and wife.

[Spunky]

I read up on Common Law marriage a while back for a friend who has a relative who has been living with a woman as husband and wife. They were afraid if the woman decided to leave him she could take half of everything. In doing the research I learned that not all states recognize Common Law.

Common Law