· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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