...This "partner" would satisfy the criteria for common law marriage such as jointly held bank accounts, real property...life partners meet every legal requirement for common law marriage, but are denied this status because of what my minister...

...benefits are heterosexual benefits for unmarried couples. Maybe it's because Alaska is such a young state that common law marriage has never been enacted here. But the times are calling for a change. I'm not married, but I've been in the same...

...prevalent that at one point, many states created "common law" marriages so that couples who chose not to bring God into their...As civil rights and property laws evolved, "common law" marriages began to fall by the wayside and lawmakers found new...