Bell v. Ferraro

¶ 1 Debra Bell appeals from the decree granting Appellee’s Petition for Declaratory Judgment pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3306, and finding that no common law marriage existed between the parties.2 We affirm.

¶2 Appellant filed a complaint for divorce alleging that she and Appellee entered into a common law marriage. Ap-pellee filed an answer denying the common law marriage and subsequently filed a petition for declaratory judgment pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3306. After a hearing, the court determined that no common law marriage existed and granted Appellee’s petition.

¶ 3 Both parties testified…