Q: Q: Started common law marriage in Montana moved to Ohio and continued filing all taxes as married 15 years total.
Also recieved medicaid for our children as married in both states. Gave wife wedding rings. Joint bank accounts and shared property. We are now seperated for 4 years. We lived together had implied agreement through filing taxes state and federal as married in Montana for 7 years and continued the same in Ohio for 8 years, Although 4 of them in Ohio have been married filing seperate. Do we need a divorce? One party has recently remarried someone else with a license issued in Richland County. What should I do to protect myself from things like tax fraud?
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A: If you met all the criteria for common-law marriage in Montana, then Ohio will recognize the marriage and you will need a divorce.
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