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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by suifbwish on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:46AM (#30034332)
So you can’t be a room mate with the opposite sex without being considered common law married after that time period? I feel like any decent lawyer could blow that to pieces.
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by tsimionescu on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:42AM (#30034581)
Maybe not, but I bet it's hard to claim the person you have a 10 year old child with is your room mate.
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by kristjansson on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:55AM (#30034370)
Usually part of the definition is holding yourself out to not married
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by unstatusthequo on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:05AM (#30036294)
No, see kuang_eleven and my comment to him above. Many factors are weighed.
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by diordiderot on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:37AM (#30034559)
same sex a applies as well in CA!
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by dragonwriter on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:45AM (#30034600)
CA doesn't have common law marriage, so it is more accurate to say that it doesn't apply to same sex couples in the same way that it doesn't to oppozit5-sex couples.
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by unstatusthequo on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:06AM (#30036300)
Correct, but CA recognizes common law marriage where it was triggered in other jurisdictions.
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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by dragonwriter on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:46AM (#30037625)
> Correct, but CA recognizes common law marriage where it was triggered in other jurisdictions.

Every US state recognizes common law marriage from other jurisdictions, and (because of federal Cobstitutional rulings) does so without regard to the gender of participants.

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Re:Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty by diordiderot on Saturday January 22, 2022 @04:23AM (#30035094)
My mistake, I heard that once before as a child and just parroted it. Very stupid of me
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