would common law have to get a divorce ? ----- Quite possibly no marriage record. Still in the era of Common-Law Marriage. If a couple presented themselves to the community for a period of time as man and wife, or a couple, living together, etc., it was considered Common-Law. You wouldn't find a record unless someone had a Family Bible and the couple just picked a date, or did something at home. > > Sometimes after Sunday services, the preacher and wife came to dinner and > after dinner, did a "blessing of the union." That was it. No license and > no report to the clerk. > > I know a 25-yr old male raised from his drunken sleeping bed by the point > of a rifle barrell, brought to the livingroom of a certain home of a 14-yr > old girl, 5 months pregnant, and married right then and there by the > girl's mother, with girl and guy's hands on the Family Bible and dad's > shotgun in the middle of the guy's back. They had "connections" and at > some time, it was legalized, but the date remained the true one. > > Common Law was eliminated in Fla in the 1960s but many rural people still > held to that way, as I personally has to marry many folks for varying > legal reasons, tho they'd been "married" for 50+ years or so. > > Sue

In Alabama Yes! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [FLHILLSB] Question (Bass Divorce) > would common law have to get a divorce ? > ----- > Quite possibly no marriage record. Still in the era of Common-Law > Marriage. If a couple presented themselves to the community for a period > of > time as man and wife, or a couple, living together, etc., it was > considered > Common-Law. You wouldn't find a record unless someone had a Family Bible > and > the couple just picked a date, or did something at home. >> >> Sometimes after Sunday services, the preacher and wife came to dinner and >> after dinner, did a "blessing of the union." That was it. No license and >> no report to the clerk. >> >> I know a 25-yr old male raised from his drunken sleeping bed by the point >> of a rifle barrell, brought to the livingroom of a certain home of a >> 14-yr >> old girl, 5 months pregnant, and married right then and there by the >> girl's mother, with girl and guy's hands on the Family Bible and dad's >> shotgun in the middle of the guy's back. They had "connections" and at >> some time, it was legalized, but the date remained the true one. >> >> Common Law was eliminated in Fla in the 1960s but many rural people still >> held to that way, as I personally has to marry many folks for varying >> legal reasons, tho they'd been "married" for 50+ years or so. >> >> Sue > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >