OPINION
HARDBERGER, Justice.
This appeal presents the issue of whether the former requirement in the Family Code, that a declaration of common-law marriage must be made within one year, replaces the wrongful death two-year statute of limitations. This is an appeal from a final summary judgment granted against Nancy Rodriguez Fuentes in an action under the Wrongful Death Act. Fuentes filed this action as the common-law wife of Julio Fuentes, who was killed...
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