Q: How long does a person live with someone before they are considered common law married in Alabama and one still married
To someone else
A: No common law marriage in ALabama may be established by conduct after January 1 , 2017. In other words, if a couple is not married by common law before that date, they cannot become married by common law after that date. Conduct that would establish a common law marriage before that date can be recognized by a court at any time. Here is what it takes to be married by common law in Alabama. If, before January 1, 2017, a couple lived together as husband and wife, and both at that time intended to be married, and held themselves out to the community as married -- they are married by common law. THere is no time period that makes this effective. The key things to look for are filing insurance as married and filing taxes as married.
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