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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
well if you even live with a woman for a few years its considered 'common law' and you can lose all the same shit.
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Thats not exactly true. I am not familiar with the laws in every state, but generally speaking, its usually 5 years together and you have to hold yourselves out as husband and wife - by how you address each other, sign documents, co-mingling money, joint ownership of property and so on and so on.
However, i do not believe there is any such thing as a common law divorce in any state... so once again, possible downside - huge. possible upside - minimal.