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Old 10-25-05, 02:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Male roommates, Common Law Marriage, No Gay Marriage in TX???
how does this work?

First, if I'm living with a male friend for long enough to qualify for common law marriage, are we married?

Second, how is this possible if Texas doesn't allow gay marriage?


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how does this work?

First, if I'm living with a male friend for long enough to qualify for common law marriage, are we married?

Second, how is this possible if Texas doesn't allow gay marriage?

Ever hold yourselves out as married?
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I thought the Gay Marriage thing hasn't passed in Texas
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Does anyone here really want common law marriage to be in effect either?

Seriously. I don't think I've EVER heard someone say "I hope we live togather long enough that if we split up then I can say we had common law marriage so I can get half of his stuff!!"

I guess it could be helpfull if a hetro couple was living togather for a while and one got hurt... Is that the original reason for it?
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Old 10-25-05, 02:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Does anyone here really want common law marriage to be in effect either?

Seriously. I don't think I've EVER heard someone say "I hope we live togather long enough that if we split up then I can say we had common law marriage so I can get half of his stuff!!"

I guess it could be helpfull if a hetro couple was living togather for a while and one got hurt... Is that the original reason for it?

Afaik, Common Law Marriage is currently recognized in Texas.
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Afaik, Common Law Marriage is currently recognized in Texas.
Yeah, I'm aware of that... I'm just confused as to why?!?!
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Old 10-25-05, 02:40 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Yeah, I'm aware of that... I'm just confused as to why?!?!

lol - because the State recognized them - why they did that? Probably to avoid an injust property division from a couple who absent a ceremony and license (if they were even required at the time) would have been married.
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Does anyone here really want common law marriage to be in effect either?

Seriously. I don't think I've EVER heard someone say "I hope we live togather long enough that if we split up then I can say we had common law marriage so I can get half of his stuff!!"

I guess it could be helpfull if a hetro couple was living togather for a while and one got hurt... Is that the original reason for it?
Its a little more than just living together, people blow that shit way out of proportion. If you have never presented yourself as married together to a third party, or filed joint taxes as married with both signatures on the form together.........then you are not common law married no matter how long you live together.

You cant trick someone into being married by just living with them for a few years, both parties have to willingly enter the arrangement.
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Does anyone here really want common law marriage to be in effect either?

Seriously. I don't think I've EVER heard someone say "I hope we live togather long enough that if we split up then I can say we had common law marriage so I can get half of his stuff!!"

I guess it could be helpfull if a hetro couple was living togather for a while and one got hurt... Is that the original reason for it?
also they are able to enroll their partner in insurance, etc. It has a bunch of benefits.
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You cant trick someone into being married by just living with them for a few years, both parties have to willingly enter the arrangement.
I heard a case about some big baseball player in NY that had a girlfriend that lived with him. Went on trips with him... blahblahblah....

So he gets tired of her, and she tried to divorce him. He says they were never married but she still took him to court. Eventually, the case was dismissed because she never sat in the seats for wives at the baseball games, but you know it cost him a TON of money to fight that.

Also, I look at my Aunt Donice and "Unlce" Larry... They married, got divorced but still lived togather for 20-30 years. But if you asked Donice if they were married, you get a big fat "NO", but I NEVER knew untill Larry died 2 years ago. If she would have of died too, or vise versa, how could someone, such as myself, make a conclusion to if they had common law marriage or not? I didn't know for 25 years that they wern't married.

Common Law Marriage is way too shakey, IMO. If you want to be married, get married, if you don't, then don't.
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also they are able to enroll their partner in insurance, etc. It has a bunch of benefits.
My insurance is provided though my bf w/o common law marriage.
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My insurance is provided though my bf.
yep, but that is treated differently than common law marriage. I'm assuming you're a guy, right? If companies provide insurance to spouses, that's required to include common law marriages. It becomes pretty complex, including sharing leases, bank accounts, or other things.

One perk of being in a "common law marriage" vs. "domestic partnership" is the one providing insurance for the common law spouse in not required to pay taxes on what the company spends for the common law spouse.

About the time I put my boyfriend on my insurance, one of my friends was relocated to CO, and his fiance quit her job to move with him.

I was like "doesn't it suck that we have to pay taxes on what the company spends on benefits?" He was like "well, it sucks for you, we're in a common law marriage."

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One perk of being in a "common law marriage" vs. "domestic partnership" is the one providing insurance for the common law spouse in not required to pay taxes on what the company spends for the common law spouse.
Huh.... I haven't seen that. I work at an accounting firm, so I'll have to get more details on that...

And yeah, I'm a dewd.
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Huh.... I haven't seen that. I work at an accounting firm, so I'll have to get more details on that...

And yeah, I'm a dewd.
It sucks, and cool.

of course, it's better than no insurance or less complete insurance. It's about time for goverment provided health-care, right?
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It's about time for goverment provided health-care, right?
Yeah! For sure!! Everything with the government works so well.... Like get a drivers license. That process is a BREEZE!!!

The best way to improve health-care is to stop having a limit on how many doctors are allowed. I just don't get that at all....
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