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PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) - A Prince Edward Island couple who thought they were legally married nearly 19 years ago found out recently that they may have actually been living common law.
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Jennifer Taylor and Glen Melanson held a marriage ceremony in a Toronto park in 1991. A minister officiated, and the papers were signed.

So the couple, who live in Cornwall, thought everything was in order.

But they never had a copy of their marriage certificate.

When they recently searched marriage registrations for the province of Ontario, their names were not listed. Attempts to find the papers at the church the minister was associated with also failed to produce anything.

Taylor and Melanson don't know if a marriage certificate exists. But, for now, they are unable to prove that they are legally married.

"I was pretty freaked out, to be honest," Taylor said Thursday. "We have two boys and, you know, I've had a wedding ring on for all this time. We have the pictures."

"Anyway, right now we're just living in sin and, you know, hoping for the best. We were just making jokes about it that you know we were going to change our Facebook status to single. And my kids are kind of rolling their eyes because, you know, it's embarrassing."

Taylor said they're trying to figure out what to do next get re-married or go through some other legal channel to make sure they're officially husband and wife.