Does the fact that a husband and wife are still in common law marriage after divorce invalidate or suspend a child support order?

The cases that take the view cohabitation somehow voids or suspends the ongoing support order take a different tack. In substance, they say that cohabitation has the legal effect of depriving an ongoing child support order of legal force during such a period. A good example of this group is Thomas v. Thomas (Okla.Civ.App. 1976) 565 P.2d 722, 723724, which noted that while there was no ceremonial remarriage, the couple's cohabitation after divorce constituted a common law marriage, which had the effect of nullifying the previous support decree from the divorce action.⁹