Legal Opinion
Ram v. Ramharack
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1991PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Herbert A. Posner, J.
Common-law marriages in New York State were outlawed by statute in 1933 (L 1933, ch 606, § 1). However, a common-law marriage validly consummated in another State or jurisdiction (for example, Washington, D.C.) can be recognized in New York under the doctrine of full faith and credit (US Const, art IV, § 1) if the other State recognizes the validation of a common-law marriage. Minimum contacts with a common-law marriage jurisdiction, of which there are 14 in the United States, are sufficient to activate the foreign law if the party claiming a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. JohnsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1982
- East v. EastDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- In Re Estate of BenjaminNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- In Re the Estate of KovalchickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Cross v. CrossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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