“Common-Law” Marriage Is Recognized In Some States
FEBRUARY 24, 2003 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 34 John Ober and Selma Klein lived together in rural northern Montana for a number of years, though they were never formally married. When Mr. Ober died in 2001, he had not made a will. The legal question became: who was entitled to Mr. Ober’s estate? Montana (unlike Arizona)…