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How long do you have to live together to be considered common law married in Texas?



    




CeciliaM
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Well, it takes more than just living together. You would both have to "hold yourselves out" as a married couple. Meaning that everyone you do regular business with and interact with have the common belief that you live as a married couple. Two years is the minimum in time you would have to have spent in order to meet the definition of common law marriage.

EDIT* Hey John Holmes, I gave you a thumbs up. No idea who the thumbs down Nazi is, but it wasn't me.


John Holmes
If you:

Travel together as man and wife
Pass yourself off as man and wife
Purchase Real Estate as man and wife - you are





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