Legal Question in Family Law in California
legality of marriage without a license
If a marriage is performed by a clergy without a license and a license is never purchased, and the parties never co-mingle assests, or buy any joint assets, file joint tax returns, or ever register as Mr and Mrs and never change last names,if this arrangement should shop could one party have claim on the assets of the other
Asked on 6/07/00, 5:23 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Ken Koury
Kenneth P. Koury, Esq.
Re: legality of marriage without a license
perhaps but only if one of them mistakenly believed the marriage was legal.
Answered on 8/03/00, 12:05 pm