Originally Posted by blackmonsters

The government may still be in your business though; because you have what some states call a "common law marriage".
The government can still apply a lot of "regular marriage" laws to you under those provisions.

You can actually file for divorce in court as you are, and it will be processed just like any other divorce.

But that all depends on what state you are in because many states no longer recognized
common law marriage.
But I swear, it seems like people can do whatever they want in court if a judge agrees.