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| 3470496833 | Traditional Marriage | Validity requires 3 elements: - solemnization - age (void if under 17 w/o parental consent) - no disability | 0 | |
| 3470503612 | Solemnization of Marriage | judge or some party empowered by state to marry parties | 1 | |
| 3470512383 | Common-law marriage | created w/o ceremony where parties cohabit as husband and wife and assume marital obligations -- Valid in WA only if lawful in state where it started Validity: 1. living together 2. holding out to public as married (same last name, joint taxes, bank accounts, etc.) 3. together for "significant" period of time 4. intend to be married | 2 | |
| 3470535651 | Meretricious relationships | (in WA) stable, marital-like (ability to marry) relationships where both partners cohabit with knowledge that lawful marriage between them doesn't exist | 3 | |
| 3470555202 | Domestic partnership requirements | 1. both persons share common residence 2. both are at least 18 years old 3. neither is married to someone else or in another state-registered domestic partnership with someone else 4. both are capable of consenting to partnership 5. both are true: a) not nearer of kin than 2nd cousins (full/half) b) neither is a sibling, child, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew to other | 4 | |
| 3470589002 | Prohibited marriages | multiple spouses, consanguinity (too closely related) | 5 | |
| 3470603380 | Constitutional Full Faith and Credit | all states must recognize validity of marriages from other states | 6 |
