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There’s Nothing Common about Common-Law Marriages

August 25, 2021 Guest User

Currently, only eight states recognize common-law marriages. This blog post summarizes how to form and how to end a common-law marriage in Texas.

What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.