Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

what is considered commonlaw marriage in the state of texas?


Asked on 5/30/10, 9:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

It's when you live together and have an agreement to be married (that is "be married" in the present - not in the future).

If you live together and represent yourselves to others as being married, and especially if you file a joint tax returs or incur joint credit as "Mr. and Mrs." an agreement will be implied.

Merely shacking up doesn't make you married.

The correct term is "informal marriage."

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Answered on 5/31/10, 4:38 pm


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