living together before marriage: opinions?

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Originally Posted by 33girl

In those states, do you need to declare yourself married to be common law married? I hope that makes sense. We used to have it in PA, but we don't anymore (unless you're grandfathered in).

And this is off topic, but partnered or not, married or not, EVERYONE should have a will.

I thought some states just had a time limit, like 7 years of cohabitation, that was automatically a common law marriage. I didn't think that required declaring that you're married or even knowing that your cohabitation was covered under the law.