Common Law Marriage—Fact and Fiction

Schuetze points out in this essay that the key factor in what is known as “common law marriage” is not time of co-habitation, but, as in any marriage: present, public consent.

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4 2009 This article was published in volume 106/2 (Spring 2009) of the Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly.
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