| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 396.1 | Are you sure you're single? | NEWPRT::BARTH | Karl - the Pigasus rider | Wed Sep 30 1987 20:25 | 7 |
| If it's really ten years, your state may view that as a "common law"
marriage. In which case you are entitled to coverage for her - because
as far as the state is concerned, you are married.
Check with a lawyer.
K.
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| 396.2 | | HIT::GLASER | Steve Glaser DTN 237-2586 SHR1-3/E29 | Wed Sep 30 1987 23:39 | 5 |
| re:.2
Why do you assume it's a she?
steveg
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| 396.3 | Sounds more polite than the "street" terms... | YUPPIE::COLE | I survived B$ST, I think..... | Thu Oct 01 1987 08:09 | 7 |
| If I translate correctly, the acronym in the title means:
"Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters"
The Census Bureau came with that, I think. Or was the IRS?
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| 396.4 | | BUSY::KLEINBERGER | MAXCIMize your efforts | Thu Oct 01 1987 09:16 | 6 |
| RE: .2
and.... and since .0 is a male, the opposite sex is a female ;-),
or a "she" as you put it...
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| 396.5 | Elementary, Watson... | NEWPRT::BARTH | Karl - the Pigasus rider | Thu Oct 01 1987 18:37 | 6 |
| RE: .2,.4
Thank you, .4, for explaining my logic. I'm not much of a mind reader
or sexist.
K.
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| 396.6 | end the suspense | NAC::HUGHES | TANSTAAFL | Fri Oct 02 1987 08:28 | 8 |
| re: .2 et all
In this case it is a she, but gay couples would have this problem
as well, which I hadn't thought of.
re: .1
I live in Massachusetts which has a law against cohabitation. There
can be no recognition by the state therefore of common law marriage.
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| 396.7 | | HYDRA::ECKERT | Jerry Eckert | Fri Oct 02 1987 08:35 | 6 |
| re: .6
> I live in Massachusetts which has a law against cohabitation.
That law was recently repealed.
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| 396.8 | Common law marriage - off the subject, but here's the facts | VIA::BINNS | | Fri Oct 02 1987 13:59 | 12 |
| In any case cohabitation is not synonymous with common law marriage.
The latter is a legal state that is recognized only in a few states.
Chief among the requirments is that the couple "hold themselves
out" as married (that is, call themselves husband and wife, etc).
Duration is not a factor - one night is sufficient, if the conditions
are met (this, and other factors, may vary among those states that
do recognize common law marriage - I don't remember).
Kit Binns
(Former social security claims representative, who sometimes had
to prove that people were married, so that they could get benefits)
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| 396.9 | elegant, no ? | ARMORY::CHARBONND | Common sense isn't. Pity. | Wed Oct 07 1987 13:44 | 1 |
| Re .0 Why not just marry her ? ;-)/2
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| 396.10 | That's just the way it is. | NAC::HUGHES | TANSTAAFL | Wed Oct 07 1987 18:30 | 3 |
| Good question. I've been asked the same question many times before.
Next question?
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