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The age of Marriage in DR now 18
aranoid:As far as I know, unless the laws in the DR have changed, there is NO common law marriage in the DR.
Do you have proof otherwise?
5) La unión singular y estable entre un hombre y una mujer, libres de impedimento matrimonial, que forman un hogar de hecho, genera derechos y deberes en sus relaciones personales y patrimoniales, de conformidad con la ley;
http://www.listindiario.com/la-repu...eba-figura-del-concubinato-en-la-Constitucion
From what I heard from many, kind of semi-religious type in DR, they just go off to their so called church (or whatever it is, probably a one man show running a small room deal), and then tie the knot by whoever is in charge of that establishment.
No registering or notifying the authorities etc. , after that they are called esposo and esposa by everyone, I guess this is one step above the just novio/novia. No age limit what-so-ever in that place, I know 13-years old are married in there.... !
No registering or notifying the authorities etc. , after that they are called esposo and esposa by everyone, I guess this is one step above the just novio/novia. No age limit what-so-ever in that place, I know 13-years old are married in there.... !
While not exactly free of all matrimonial impediments...
From that link the only "right" a spouse seems to have gotten was that if her man dies, she has some rights with respect to the inheritance.
I don't see any other details on the rights of a concubine that would make such a union a common law marriage equivalent to a normal marriage.
All religious ceremonies produce legal marriages according to the link DV8 provided in post 24.
I did see this little tidbit in the opinions on the new laws which de-criminalized "living in sin":
Therefore we infer, every woman who has a union of permanence, uniqueness and stability can be demonstrated, can claim fifty percent (50%) of the commons, which are acquired during their lifetime cohabiting in concubinage. I must clarify that inherited assets are not considered common property and can only claim the division of property couples constitute a single monogamous relationship, ie none of them is married to someone else.
Therefore we infer, every woman who has a union of permanence, uniqueness and stability can be demonstrated, can claim fifty percent (50%) of the commons, which are acquired during their lifetime cohabiting in concubinage. I must clarify that inherited assets are not considered common property and can only claim the division of property couples constitute a single monogamous relationship, ie none of them is married to someone else.
I personally have a Union Libre document that has proved sufficient to enable my partner to obtain a EU visa several times and a US visa.....treated as married
No not really. Many of our teachers have this document. It wasnt good enough for the US embassy doe one of our teachers though.
I beg to differ. I think the law making cohabitation legal and granting some type of status to concubines was quite something for a country like this one.
As for why your teacher was refused, it could have been other reasons.
We initially used this document successfully to obtain 6 week Shengen Visas for 3 years running. We then applied last year, December, for the US Visa and it was granted in 2 weeks for a period of 10 years