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Does Texas have common law marriages?

Answer:
Yes. It is called "informal marriage." It as not as simple as living together for a period of time, as most people think. To be "common law", you have to have agreed to be married and after the agreement, live together in this state as husband and wife and there represent to others that you are married.
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