Americans are steadily delaying the age of first marriage. From 1983 to 2023, the median age increased by about five years to 30.2 years for men and 28.4 years for women, according to the U.S. Census.

The Colorado Supreme Court updated the definition of common-law marriage to include LGBTQ+ individuals with three rulings handed down on Monday. The decisions also retroactively recognize same-sex ...

Four months after the state Supreme Court clarified the criteria for common law marriages in Colorado, the Court of Appeals once again overturned a woman’s convictions for theft of public assistance, ...

The plaintiff offered evidence that he and his common law partner wore matching gold rings, that they represented themselves as married and owned property together. Credit: UnSplash / Sandy Miller On ...

Do you assume common law marriage exists everywhere? At some point growing up I “learned” that any couple who lives together ...

Rep. Frank Bruneel stood before a House committee in February 1995 to introduce legislation that, in addition to eliminating common-law marriages, added that marriage was only between a man and a ...

"Moreover, Mr. Zadnik was, from the evidence, the only other person in the room when the purported common law wedding ceremony occurred. There was no officiant. Perhaps I said that too quickly. Let me ...