PA stopped recognizing common law marriages as at Jan. 1st, 2005. If you held yourselves out as married before then, you would have a valid marriage and many implications could apply. Talk to a local family law attorney about your situation.
We have 2 children & lived together for 10 years. Now apart, ex says we have a “common law” marriage in PA, is this true?
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