Is common law marrage legal in New York?
613666
no.  ny has no common marriage law.
465470
I wish I knew. check out the Cornell law website if you feel like doing some research on your own.
429465
Ha!  I doubt there are any lists.  First of all you have to find out if common-law marriages were even legal in Kansas.  They are not legal in most states.  Even in states where they are legal, like Washington, D.C., there are no lists because a common-law marriage, by definition, is one that the man and woman agree to strictly between themselves and without any formal church or government ceremony.  Therefore the government will have no records.
1005878
The essential distinctions of a common law marriage are:\n\nCommon law marriages are not licensed by government authorities. \nCommon law marriages are not blessed by religious authorities. \nCommon law marriages are not solemnized. \nThere is no public record of a common law marriage (i.e., no marriage certificate). \nIn most jurisdictions, cohabitation alone does not amount to common law marriage; the couple in question must hold themselves out to the world to be husband and wife. \nIn some jurisdictions, a couple must have cohabited and held themselves out to the world as husband and wife for a minimum length of time for the marriage to be recognised as valid. \nOtherwise, the requirements are the same for common law marriage as they are for statutory marriage, i.e., the parties must mutually consent to be married, be of legal age or have their parents' permission, and so on.\n\nThere is no such thing as "common law divorce." Once a marriage is validly contracted, whether according to statute or according to common law, the marriage can only be dissolved by a legal proceeding in the pertinent trial court (usually family court or probate court).\n\nSince the mid-1990's, the term "common-law marriage" has been used in parts of Europe and Canada to describe various types of domestic partnership between persons of the same sex as well as persons of the opposite sex. Although these interpersonal statuses are often, as in Hungary, called "common-law marriage" they differ from true common-law marriage in that they are not legally recognized as "marriages" but are a parallel interpersonal status, known in most jurisdictions as "domestic partnership" or "registered partnership."\n\nCommon-law marriage can still be contracted in the following states and capital district: Alabama, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire (posthumously), Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Note there is no such thing as "common-law divorce" - that is, you can't get out of a common-law marriage as easily as you can get into one. Only the contract of the marriage is irregular; everything else about the marriage is perfectly regular. People who marry per the old common law tradition must petition the appropriate court in their state for a dissolution of marriage.
1168190
No....law does not recognize a "common law" marriage.  It is thought of more like a partnership.
1068381
No. It is abuse of common law.
1064289
Only a few states recognize common law marriages:\n\nAlabama\nColorado\nGeorgia (if created before 1/1/97)\nIdaho (if created before 1/1/96)\nIowa\nKansas\nMontana\nNew Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)\nOhio (if created before 10/10/91)\nOklahoma (possibly only if created before 11/1/98. Oklahoma's laws and court decisions may be in conflict about whether common law marriages formed in that state after 11/1/98 will be recognized.)\nPennsylvania (if created before 9/03)\nRhode Island\nSouth Carolina\nTexas\nUtah\nWashington, D.C.\n\nHere's a complete fact sheet:\n\nhttp://www.unmarried.org/common.html
201891
The common law marraige would not be recognized since you are still legally married to someone else.
187828
Here's the NY DoC search page \nhttp://nysdocslookup.docs.state.ny.us/kinqw00
132661
No.  Marriages and divorces are recognized in all states no matter where obtained due to the Full Faith and Credit clause of the constition (though now that Massachusetts has gone loopy, that might change).
246966
Not in NY.  Just call a broker or agent and they can tell you.
664995
actually, American law is based on English Common law.\n\nThe Bill of Rights are drawn from several sources including the Magna Carta, not just from the 10 commandments.
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The laws on common-law marriage vary from state-to-state, and not all states recognize the concept at all.  However, once you are considered common-law husband and wife in the state or your residence, you are recognized as married in all states.\n\nIn at least one state, there is no stipulated time frame.  Simply publicly referring to yourselves as married and establishing a household is sufficient to establish the common-law marriage.\n\nMany states have done away with common-law marriage altogether.  However, if a valid common-law marriage existed before the law was changed, it continues to exist after the change.\n\nThe following states recognize common-law marriage, or did so in the recent past.  TN and WI do not recognise common law marriage, so those answers above are bogus regarding those states.\n\nAlabama\n\nColorado\n\nGeorgia (if created before 1/1/97)\n\nIdaho (if created before 1/1/96)\n\nIowa\n\nKansas\n\nMontana\n\nNew Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)\n\nOhio (if created before 10/10/91)\n\nOklahoma (possibly only if created before 11/1/98. Oklahoma's laws and court decisions may be in conflict about whether common law marriages formed in that state after 11/1/98 will be recognized.)\n\nPennsylvania (if created before 9/03)\n\nRhode Island\n\nSouth Carolina\n\nTexas\n\nUtah\n\nWashington, D.C.\n\nCommon law marriages only exist between members of the opposite sex.  There is no such thing as a gay common law marriage.\n\nAssuming that Hugh Heffner lives in CA, he is not in a common law marriage regardless of how many live-in "girlfriends" he may have.\n\nNo state recognises a common law marriage where an earlier legal marriage still exists -- either formally or by common law -- that has not been terminated by divorce.  You could not be prosecuted for polygamy; it is merely an illicit relationship.
337300
Although I don't know firsthand the law in New York state, you might first try the clerk of court's office for the court in your home county. In my own state, the clerk's office can provide you with the necessary forms for an uncontested divorce.
694092
Not sure if its possible but do know that you have to get your marriage certificate in the county where you live, so it would have to be through your local governments website.\n\ni.e Can't get a marriage licensce from Brooklyn if you don't like in New York.
882560
Only one, Massachusettes.  Although recently a ruling was made by the New Jersey Supreme Court that they must offer equal rights to gay relationships but the name hasn't been determined.  Whether they call it "marriage" or "civil unions" hasn't been determined yet.
588557
In Ontario, that is correct since a 1996 Court of Appeal decision (Regina v. Jacob).  I believe that there was a similar ruling in New York in the early 90s.