Hi...I am actually in RI too. I have spoken to a couple of attorneys and one tried to disprove the common law marriage and the other basically said that we are common law married because of the paperwork we both signed as married. They both told me to wait it out to see what he does. And basically I cannot do anything until he leaves. But I do want is some sort of paperwork to say that the house and most of the contents in it are mine, because he basically wrote himself out of any responsibility years ago.