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20 CFR 222.13: Common-law marriage relationship.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 20—Employees' Benefits
- CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
- SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT
- PART 222—FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
- Subpart B—Relationship as Wife, Husband, or Widow(er)
Under the laws of some States, a common-law marriage is one which is not solemnized in a formal ceremony, but is generally evidenced by a consummated agreement to marry between two persons legally capable of making a marriage contract, followed by cohabitation. The laws of the various States which recognize common-law marriage delineate specific factors which must be present in order to establish a valid common-law marriage in those States.
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