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2016 Code of Alabama
Title 30 - MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
Chapter 1 - MARRIAGE.
Section 30-1-20 - (Effective January 1, 2017) Common-law marriage abolished.
AL Code § 30-1-20 (2016) What's This?
Section 30-1-20(Effective January 1, 2017) Common-law marriage abolished. (a) No common-law marriage may be entered into in this state on or after January 1, 2017.
(b) An otherwise valid common-law marriage entered into before January 1, 2017, shall continue to be valid in this state.
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