---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 222.13"
title: "20"
number: "222.13"
heading: "Common-law marriage relationship."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/222.13"
---

# §222.13. Common-law marriage relationship.


Under the laws of some States, a common-law marriage is one which is not solemnized in a formal ceremony, but is generally evidenced by a consummated agreement to marry between two persons legally capable of making a marriage contract, followed by cohabitation. The laws of the various States which recognize common-law marriage delineate specific factors which must be present in order to establish a valid common-law marriage in those States.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 42949, Oct. 19, 1989, unless otherwise noted.