in houston tx can a 15 yr old girl that lives with thier parents be in a common law marriage if parents agree, both ppl share same bank account, and have lived together for a year?
2007-12-03 08:07:13 · 6 answers · asked by ShAyDe ChAoS 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
No. A person under the age of 18 cannot have a common law marriage. If you continue to live together when you are over 18, agree to be married and hold yourselves out as married, you will then have a common law marriage.
The above is codified in the Texas Family Code at section 2.401 regarding proof of informal marriage (i.e., common law marriage). A link to the Texas Family code is below.
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/fa.toc.htm
2007-12-03 14:28:05 · answer #1 · answered by ron_mexico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most places do not acknowledge common law marriages anymore. They stopped long ago. You will have to check with your state. The laws for Texas are you can marry with parental consent if you are 14-17 with a birth certificate and a social security card.
2007-12-03 08:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by kim h 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Texas Family Code one of the prongs of the common law marriage test is that "you must have lived together in this state as husband and wife." Most courts will not see living with parents as satisfying this prong.
2007-12-03 08:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by Outdoorsguy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
typically in texas you have to live together for 6 months, file for a "common law marriage" certificate. She has to start using the mans last name. I don't know about the age part of it though.
2007-12-03 08:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by JLM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In most cases common law marriages do not exist, check with your state, and even if it does exist in your state generally the terms are around 7-10 years so i would have to say sorry :( no luck for you.
2007-12-03 08:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by ~NIKKI~ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-12-03 08:10:09 · answer #6 · answered by BelieverinGod 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋