Harris v. Harris

Ethel Harris (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) filed a complaint for divorce from Henry Harris (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) in which she alleged that the two of them had entered into a common law marriage. At the same time she filed a motion for temporary orders for alimony and attorney’s fees. The plaintiff did not allege that any children were born as a result of the marriage.

The defendant filed his answer denying the existence of the common law marriage and further asserting as a defense that at the time the parties allegedly entered into the common law marriage he…