A friend of mine has been living with her boyfriend for 15 years. They meet the PA criteria for Common Law Marriage. They live in a house in her name only, which she is paying for. He drinks heavily, does not work (has not worked for over 5 years), and has lately started becoming very mean and borderline abusive. She has decided that she wants to either "force" him into rehab or just end things. He will not agree to get sober and she knows she cannot make him. But she has no idea how to end things with him. She has told him she wants to end it. But he will not leave. How can she legally pursue getting him out of her life without losing half of her house and everything she owns (remember, he has nothing. He is a freeloader) or turning this into an ugly situation where he gets violent and causes her additonal grief. Or is there any way she can force him to get sober?? I have no idea what to tell her.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Serious answers only, please.

How long does it take from beginning to end as well as cost? Mind you this is an ‘Uncontested Divorce’ wherein the parties have been separated for well over 8 years. Also is there such thing in England as ‘Common Law Marriage’ ~ Leading to this question….is there then a "Common Law Divorce if said parties have been apart for a period of time after having been legally wed?

Thank You So Much For Any & All Information
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Garbo

I have a question about divorce laws. This is for the state of Tennessee. If two people split up about 15 years ago and don’t live together, but never legally divorced, is there any statute that allows for dissolution of the marriage such as common law allows for two people to be legally married after they live together for so long?
I understand Tennessee is not a common law marriage state. My question, though, is if there are any similar statutes that would allow a marriage to be dissolved?

I was common law married to a guy for 3.5 years. We filed married on taxes, and on school forms. We recently broke up, 2 months ago, with intentions on getting back together when he became financially stable. I just read on the common law website for our state that I need to get a divorce. I also just found out today that as soon as he moved to another state, he got got married. Isn’t that bigamy? Isn’t he considered still ‘married’ to me? Also, hes in the military! A week ago he was still asking me if we were getting back together. I tried to contact a lawyer, but I’ve gotten no response. Is it because this situation doesn’t matter, or does it usually take a long time for lawyers to get in touch?
his new ‘wife’ is also in the military

and i thought military teaches loyalty and honor
yes. we lived in a state that recognized common law marriage. and we did not file for tax purposes, we filed that way because we considered ourselves married. we did not need any court marriage.

I’ve been with my boyfriend for a few months now. He recently revealed to me that he has a common law marriage under his belt that he has yet to rectify through a divorce. The female party has agreed to the necessary legal actions and we are all looking to take care of this as quickly and quietly as possible.

There was no relationship and the marriage was never consumated. They never lived together or accumulated any assets.
No children involved.
No changes to last name.
Taxes still filed individually. No joint finances in any regard.
They were under the influence at the time and were only married 17 days before they both spent time behind bars. (Just over a year combined).

Does the jail time count as legal separation? Are they eligible for an anulment? With ABSOLUTELY NO assets/properties/children/last name changes/joint taxes/ etc., how long should a no-contest/no-fault divorce take in PA under these circumstances? Also, what kind of money will it take?

Or, at the very least when will he have papers in hand to prove he is divorced or on his way to being divorced? Because without papers for proof, being together will be nothing but an enormous emotional hassle from those around me resulting in turmoil until then. Meaning, we can’t be together as we deserve without legal proof of his marital status.

Outside of that, this is question is for legal advice only. Please refrain from lectures about poor personal choices, etc.

THANK YOU!
Common Law may not be the right term. I believe they do have a marriage license. If not, I’m happier than I thought.
All I really need to know is how long should it take start to finish. Can they sign papers and be done or are they still under the "waiting period" of 90 days (in PA)?

P.S. "Fishy" and "Hookie"…oh the irony of those two words being used on this page!

I have a relaive.She has lived with a man for 18 years.They filed taxes as "married"the whole time.There are a lot of assets involved.Now,the relationship has busted.The house is in "his name"although she has bank records where she has been involved with the payments for the entire time.Now,the man is telling her she must leave,it is HIS house.So,how would the dissolution of a common law marriage work?I mean the division of assets.Should she see a divorce atty?They were never legally married.Anyone familiar with the law please help.Somehow,I am the "answer man"in the family as I know a lot of things…The law isn’t one of them.I’m thinking divorce atty,but am stuck on the fact that there was no marriage.18 years of building assets together though,seems she should be entitled to half?What to do?What is the first step?Thank you in advance

My husband wants to file for divorce stating marriage isn’t for him. He says this after 8 years together. We have a 6 year old daughter and another on the way. We were together for five years before getting married and in our state it counts as a common law marriage. I’m absolutely against getting a divorce and currently seeking counseling but he refuses to go to counseling. Now he’s filed online and I need a lawyer but I’m unemployed. Any advice?

Form I can fill out and print for a common law marriage??? somebody can give a good link i can go to form fill and print so i can notarize it so i can get my man on my insurance at work. my time is running out and our big day ain’t for another couple of months help me

Ok. I’ll try to keep this as concise as possible but it’s a long one. As of 2007 my boyfriend/husband (further referred to as b/h) filed our taxes together and started claiming common law marriage. As far as Colorado goes, we’re married now. Things are falling apart and he said he doesn’t want to be with me anymore. We have a 16 month old son together, and just got a new car for me with the assumption we would still be together to help each otherr pay for the bills. In the past we have broken up and gotten back together, but the relationship has never really been a happy one, and I really don’t want my son to see us fighting, so though one part of me thinks we will prob get back together, I think it might be best if we didn’t.

Now here’s where things get hard. Even though I have a decent paying job, after doing calculations I’m not sure I’m going to be able to afford all the bills AND a new place alone with my son! I know this might sound stupid but is it mean for me to get child support when he has said he would pay for half of his child care and half of his "bills". I used a colorado child support calculator and it says he’ll owe my son, monthly, more than what he’s saying he’ll give me. And if things go sour I don’t want him to go back on what he says etc, even though "at this point” he’s trustworthy.

My next question is what do I do first? and how do i do it?! I dont know how to file for divorce or where to go to do it, how much it will cost me. How to get joint legal custody with my son staying with me, and how to get the child support. We are deciding to stay living together until our lease is up in June (yeah, lame right?) and splitting all the bills but I’m scared if I start talking about child support and custody he might try to get all that before I can figure it out! Help. Please give me any advice, any information, comments, anything you can manage. Thank you ahead of time!!
Yeah the thing is he tends to break up with me yearly lol. I would love to work things out, but that needs to change. I’m just worried about making ends meet and surviving this!!!

my girl is currently married but only by common law (lived w/ him for 7 yrs. Does anyone know how it works when the divorec happens??? Does he get half of her assets,kids ect.??? Need to know cause my girl would end up losin alot of money and it’s for her kids so i won’t ask her to finallize her divorce if i know he can’t take the money she has saved for her kids. She doesn’t have a marriage license of anykind, like i said it’s just a common law marriage.