No Title, No Marriage, No Luck. A man lived with a woman for six years on a farm she owned and made financial contributions to the household and the farm’s operations, but the parties never married. The Supreme Judicial Court reminds us that there is no common law marriage in Massachusetts and, as such, according to Court, he was not entitled to an interest in the farm. He also argued, unsuccessfully, for a declaration that the property was in a constructive trust. Collins v. Guggenheim, 417 Mass. 615 (1994)
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