The Common-Law Check List

Common Law Checklist:

 

• Joint tax returns

 

 

• Beneficiary on insurance

 

 

• Joint accounts or jointly held property

 

 

• Socially represented themselves as married

 

 

• Those who will testify that they believed the couple was married

 

 

• The wearing of wedding bands

 

 

• Woman’s adoption of the man’s surname

 

 

• Indication of marital status on employment applications

 

 

• Tokens of marriage

 

 

• Mail addressed to the couple

 

 

• Address labels

 

 

• Greeting on home telephone messaging

 

 

• Hosting holiday gatherings as a couple

 

 

• Identification of common law marriage date

 

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