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• Sun, 10 May 2009 13:36:00 GMT(1)
• As the other poster said, Florida does not recognize any type of common law marriage.
  
  Living together does not mean anything if one partner dies, the surviving partner has NO legal rights at all. The only rights will be those that the family gives the partner.
  
  I was living with my fiance, when he was killed by a drunk driver. Because we were not married, I couldn't get a copy of the death certificate with cause of death listed, the only copy I was allowed to have was one that did not list cause of death.
  In addition, because I am disabled and relied on fiance's financial support I went to see an attorney about filing a lawsuit against the drunk driver. I was told several times that I had no legal standing to sue because we were not married.
  
  And your question of "what if a married woman has lived with an unmarried man for 10 years?"
  Technically, it mean that the woman has been committing adultry for 10 years.
  
  My advice from painful experience is to get a divorce, then marry your long time partner. That's the only way to have any rights.
  
  Quite, thanks, this is what I wanted to know. Said woman only stays married with that guy for social security or something, she's scheming yet borderline retarded.
• Sun, 10 May 2009 11:37:00 GMT(2)
• Here's a slightly complex question nobody wants to answer.. I'm pretty sure it's family law. Anyway, what if a married woman has lived with an unmarried man for 10 years? I've heard that means that they mean they are legally married and if he dies -her- kids get his possessions, instead of his own, or at least a part of it, despite them not being related at all. Can anyone clarify this?
  
  As the other poster said, Florida does not recognize any type of common law marriage.
  
  Living together does not mean anything if one partner dies, the surviving partner has NO legal rights at all. The only rights will be those that the family gives the partner.
  
  I was living with my fiance, when he was killed by a drunk driver. Because we were not married, I couldn't get a copy of the death certificate with cause of death listed, the only copy I was allowed to have was one that did not list cause of death.
  In addition, because I am disabled and relied on fiance's financial support I went to see an attorney about filing a lawsuit against the drunk driver. I was told several times that I had no legal standing to sue because we were not married.
  
  And your question of "what if a married woman has lived with an unmarried man for 10 years?"
  Technically, it mean that the woman has been committing adultry for 10 years.
  
  My advice from painful experience is to get a divorce, then marry your long time partner. That's the only way to have any rights.
• Sun, 10 May 2009 06:27:00 GMT(3)
• Florida is not a common law marriage state. Even if it were, I'm pretty sure the fact that one of you is already married to someone else would not fit the criteria. Cohabitation alone does not constitute a common law marriage.
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