[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR222.13]

[Page 434]
 
                      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.