True to form there is another bill this year in the Oklahoma Legislature seeking to abolish common law marriage in Oklahoma.
This time, Sen. Earl Garrison, D-Muskogee, has introduced a bill that would require the state of Oklahoma to no longer recognize common-law marriages formed after Nov. 1.
“A common-law marriage in this state or any other state shall not be recognized as a valid form of marriage in Oklahoma; provided, however, any common-law marriage recognized as valid by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state or any other state prior to November 1, 2010, shall continue to be recognized as valid in this state,” the bill states in its original form.
If anything, this should show those who doubt it, that common law marriage is alive in Oklahoma– at least for now.
Here we go again . . . End Common Law Marriage
True to form there is another bill this year in the Oklahoma Legislature seeking to abolish common law marriage in Oklahoma.
This time, Sen. Earl Garrison, D-Muskogee, has introduced a bill that would require the state of Oklahoma to no longer recognize common-law marriages formed after Nov. 1.
“A common-law marriage in this state or any other state shall not be recognized as a valid form of marriage in Oklahoma; provided, however, any common-law marriage recognized as valid by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state or any other state prior to November 1, 2010, shall continue to be recognized as valid in this state,” the bill states in its original form.
If anything, this should show those who doubt it, that common law marriage is alive in Oklahoma– at least for now.