Legal Question in Family Law in California

I am doing family research. My great-great uncle in his 1900 US Census, had a wife. The census said they were married 4 years. Yet, I found record showing they applied for marriage licence in 1905 in CA. My guess, they may have "married" in Iowa as common law husband/wife. I know that CA abolished common law marriage in 1895, while it's still legal in Iowa today.

Question i have,, did at anytime between 1895 and 1905, CA did not recogize common law marriage from other states


Asked on 9/24/10, 4:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

California would have recognized a common law marriage if it was validly entered into elsewhere. They may have remarried to be on the safe side.

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Answered on 9/29/10, 4:38 pm


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