Finding that the relationship had run its course, the South Carolina Supreme Court abolished common-law marriage in the state as of July 25.  “We have concluded the institution’s foundations have eroded with the passage of time, and the outcomes ...

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  A Charleston County woman will be able to immediately appeal a trial judge’s ruling from the first phase of a bifurcated trial finding that the woman and her romantic partner had been united in a common law marriage since ...

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