However, some states do allow tenancy by the entirety for common-law spouses and domestic partners. This type of legal agreement doesn't apply to other types of partnerships, such as friends ...

In a common law state, if one spouse purchases a car or a boat and their name is on the title, the asset belongs to that individual. By contrast, if the couple lives in a community property state ...

Any state that is not a community property state is a common-law state. Community property states offer a distinct tax advantage for couples’ assets when one spouse dies. But if you live in a ...

“One can also use a spouse as an independent contractor [but] the IRS uses the common-law ‘right of control’ test to determine the employee status of your spouse” to determine whether someone is ...

Beh became his common law spouse upon Menke's death on July 13, 2016, according to the court ruling. Beh received a letter dated the next day from the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association ...