Iggy Azalea’s ‘boyfriend’ files for divorce…what? Kaine Fisher, chairman of the Family Law Department at Rose Law Group, comments

140917-iggy-azalea-sex-tape-lawsuitBy Christina Tetreault | AZ Foothills

Australian Rapper Iggy Azalea has been making headlines for months now on her recent spike in musical success, feuds with other females in the business, and her post-work “activities.” However, recently TMZ reported many more headlines with a bit of a mix-up.

Her “ex-boyfriend,” Hefe Wine, filed for a divorce. Wait a minute…divorcing…from your “boyfriend?” That’s not possible. Wine insists that the couple had a common-law marriage, but Azalea claims that they did not. In such case, before addressing the potential “divorce,” what are the legal difficulties when one person claims that there is a common-law marriage and the other does not? What are the legal obligations that each party has? What makes common-law marriage so particular? What are the limited number of jurisdictions within a common-law marriage when it’s legally contracted? Is it common to have a misunderstanding where one party believes that they are married and the other does not?

We touched base with Kaine Fisher, local attorney and Chairman of the Family Law Department at Rose Law Group, and asked him to weigh in on high profile “common law” potential divorce.

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