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OWENS v. OWENS

No. 2447.

466 S.E.2d 373 (1996)

Thelma OWENS, Appellant, v. William Russell OWENS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed January 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott D. Robinson, Lowery, Thompson & King, Anderson, for appellant.

Richard H. Warder, Greenville, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:

Thelma Owens (the wife) filed this action for divorce from an alleged common law marriage. The family court directed a verdict1 for William Russell Owens (the husband) and dismissed the action, finding a valid common law marriage did not exist. The wife appeals. We reverse and remand.

The parties began living together shortly after the wife divorced from Mr. Casey Jones in 1984.2 The wife...

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