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Ms. Toad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-08 08:03 PM
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9. Where common law marriages exist,
they are every bit as binding (and have identical rights) to statutory marriages. As I noted above, though, if you are not eligible for a statutory marriage you are also not eligible for a common law marriage.

Palimony cases are a different matter - they are either in states that do not recognize common law marriages, relationships between people not eligible to marry, or arise because the couple didn't satisfy all of the common law requirements for a common law marriage to exist.
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