[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 20CFR222.13]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 222_FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart B_Relationship as Wife, Husband, or Widow(er)

 

Sec.  222.13  Common-law marriage relationship.



    Under the laws of some States, a common-law marriage is one which is 

not solemnized in a formal ceremony, but is generally evidenced by a 

consummated agreement to marry between two persons legally capable of 

making a marriage contract, followed by cohabitation. The laws of the 

various States which recognize common-law marriage delineate specific 

factors which must be present in order to establish a valid common-law 

marriage in those States.