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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (246631)	4/20/2008 4:15:00 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793884

The marriage just has to be registered. Yea, that's what I'm talking about. You think the LDS'ers registered their marriages?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (246631)	4/20/2008 9:19:03 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793884

The marriage just has to be registered A license isn't always required to be recognized. If the two entered into the ceremony with the belief and intent that they would be married, and held themselves out as married, that is good enough in some states to legalize the marriage. That's not counting common law marriage. Most states have repealed common law marriage by statute, but I believe Texas still retains it. Utah has the "unsolemnized marriage" statute that allows post-facto legalization of marriages back to inception. Utah's statute was created specifically to fight welfare fraud and, ta da, polygamy.