New York does NOT recognize common law marriage, Common-law marriage (or common law marriage), sometimes called informal marriage or marriage by habit and repute is, historically, a form of interpersonal status in which a man and a woman ar...
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First, Las Vegas is not a state but a city within the state of Nevada. According to Wikipedia, common-law marriages can no longer be contracted in Nevada.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Las_Vegas_a_common_law_mar...
The answer is no, but: New York has been very liberal in finding an out-of-state common law marriage even when there have been minimum contacts with the common law state and when an examination of the common law state's law might show that ...
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No....... That being said, the courts have been developing a body of law revolving around Meretricious Relationships. If a couple acts like a couple they might be considered in a relationship that should be divided in the same manner as a m...
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Common law marriages cannot be entered into in Nebraska.
http://www.douglascountyclerk.org/marriage-licenses/faq...
Common Law Marriages A "common law" marriage, a relationship in which a couple lives together but has not participated in a lawful ceremony, cannot be created in Maryland. A couple cannot acquire marital rights and responsibilitie...
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My state does (if it's grandfathered - pre 1997) http://www.unmarried.org/common.html Here's the state by state list.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070505191...