Hall v. Becker

SILAK, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court reversing the magistrate’s finding that no common law marriage existed *850between the decedent and the respondent. We reverse the district court’s decision, vacating its order, and reinstate the order of the magistrate.

I

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In approximately September 1992, the decedent, Bryan Rudolph Wagner (Wagner), and respondent, Elizabeth Becker (Becker), and her ten year old daughter from a previous marriage, Crystal Lee Becker, began living together in Becker’s house in Lewiston, Idaho. In November 1992, Wagner…