Common Law Marriage Handbook
This PDF covers the following contents related to Common
Law : Introduction, Identifying a Potential Common-Law Marriage Issue,
Affirmative Claim of Common-Law Marriage or Claim of Lengthy Cohabitation,
Allegation of Marriage without Submission of a Valid Marriage Certificate,
Proven Marriage of Insufficient Duration, Laws Affecting Common-Law Marriage
Determinations in EEOICPA Claims, Common-Law Marriage Jurisdictions, The Five
Basic Elements of Common-Law Marriage, Capacity, Agreement, Cohabitation,
Holding Out, Reputation, Other Considerations, Developing a Common-Law Marriage
Issue in an EEOICPA Claim, Developing Two Threshhold Issues, Where was the
alleged common-law marriage contracted?, When was the common-law marriage
established?, Developing Evidence of the Five Basic Elements of a Common-Law
Marriage, Developing Evidence in a Surviving Spouse Claim, Developing a Capacity
Issue, Additional Considerations in Developing the Claim of a Stepchild,
Developing Evidence of a Marriage Under Tribal Law, Documents and Supporting
Evidence, Burdens of Production and Proof, Common-Law Marriage Handbook,
Character and Weight of Evidence, Submitting a Claim to the National Office.
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