[Devil_Anse]

No, they wouldn't be able to charge Michael Schiavo with bigamy. Common law marriage can only occur when BOTH the parties to it start out unmarried. Michael is married to Terri. Therefore, he cannot also be married to someone else--common law or otherwise.

From what I've heard about how Terri got this way, probably Michael Schiavo should be more worried about being charged with murder, than with bigamy.

[longtermmemmory]

Florida does not have commonlaw marriage. It was ended in the 70's. No palimony either.