How seriously is formal separation taken for most common law couples? I mean, is there common law divorce?
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§ ita § - Oct 07, 2009 5:56:15 pm PDT #25650 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
erin_obscure - Oct 07, 2009 6:50:01 pm PDT #25651 of 30000
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A common law marriage requires a full legal divorce. Not something to trip lightly into.
amych - Oct 07, 2009 6:56:54 pm PDT #25652 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
A common-law marriage is a legal marriage -- that's kind of the point, that it's not just living together and waking up accidentally married some day. The divorce requirements are the same as they'd be for any other couple in a given place.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2009 7:01:53 pm PDT #25653 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
See, this is what I tried to tell my cousin who got common law married. But I swear that she just walked away from her husband, and never did any paperwork to end the partnership. Since she "only" presented herself as married and lived together to get into the marriage, she figured presenting herself as single and moving out would end it. *But* I can't say if they were ever organised enough to file taxes properly. That might be the out.
beth b - Oct 07, 2009 7:05:47 pm PDT #25654 of 30000
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erikaj - Oct 07, 2009 7:11:30 pm PDT #25655 of 30000
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We used to have it(not me, but Arizona) What changed?
Vortex - Oct 07, 2009 7:14:15 pm PDT #25656 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Common law marriage is recognized only in the following states:
Are you sure about DC? When I was working with the grand jury when I was clerking, we had a spousal privilege issue and determined that the district didn't recognize it. Of course, this was 10 years ago, so it may have changed.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2009 7:15:45 pm PDT #25657 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vortex--while I'm getting clarification about all sorts of things, can you answer me something about spousal privilege? Is it that a spouse cannot testify, or that you can't force a spouse to testify?
Vortex - Oct 07, 2009 7:18:54 pm PDT #25658 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
You cannot force the spouse to testify. Also, I don't think that they can testify if the spouse on trial objects.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2009 7:34:04 pm PDT #25659 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think that they can testify if the spouse on trial objects.
Which, really, if you're guilty and you told your spouse something to that effect, wouldn't you?
That rule never made sense to me. I can see not being able to force them, if we want to esteem the bond of marriage over the rest of law (dubious, but whatever), but making it so that it's not *my* choice to testify if the man I married turns out to be a mass murderer? That's so not fair.