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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 30-1-20: Common-Law Marriage Abolished.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.
  2. Chapter 1 Marriage.

(a) No common-law marriage may be entered into in this state on or after January 1, 2017.

(b) An otherwise valid common-law marriage entered into before January 1, 2017, shall continue to be valid in this state.

Collected 2026-09-03T14:01:53Z. Source file · JSON

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