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· 5/27/2009

In Re the Marriage of Swanner-Renner

Citations

  • 2009 MT 186
  • 209 P.3d 238
  • 351 Mont. 62
  • 2009 Mont. LEXIS 191

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  • recognizing under Montana law a consent to marry declared in Washington State, which does not recognize common law marriage, that ripened into a common law marriage in Montana after the parties moved to that state
  • In Montana “there is a rebuttable presumption that a man and woman ‘deporting themselves as husband and wife have entered into a lawful contract of marriage’ ” (quoting Mon. Code Ann. § 26-1-602(30))

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Judges: Mike McGrath

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