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  • From: bendy <bendonnelly AT rushpost.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Will Chapel-Hill/Carrboro be next?
  • Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:51:41 -0500

Nathaniel Florin wrote:
Pennsylvania's is charmingly simple: "A common-law
marriage may be established if a man and woman
exchange words that indicate that they intend to be
married at the present time."

I believe this is because of PA's Quaker heritage. I've got some friends in Pittsburgh who married at the reception hall without anyone officiating. They just had to sign the marriage license and have some number of witnesses.




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