The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-04-04
The Law Govsrming Marriage and
The law in this State governing mar

The law in this State governing mar
riage is in substance as follows:
II otherwise competent, males sigh-
teen years Of age, aud females sixteen
years Of age, are deemed capable in
law Of contracting marriage.
No man shall marry his mother,
grandmother, daughter, Granddaughter,
stepmothsr, grandfather's wife, sons
wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother,
wife's grandmother, wife's daughter.
wife's granddaughter, nor his sister,
brothers daughter, sisters daughter.
fathers sister, or mothers sister. The
same also applies to women.
No marriage shall be contracted
while either party has former wife or
husband living. unless the marriage OF
such former wife or husband shall have
been dissolved.
No white person shall intermarry
with negro.
Marriages may bs solempized by
Justices OF the Peace aud Ministers Of
the Gospel or, so far rs relates to the
manner, may be solemnized according
to the ussges OF any society or denom'
ination.
DIVORCE.
All marriages prohibited by law on
account Of the relationship Of the par
ties, or on account of either Of them
having a former husband or wife liv-
ing all marriages solemnized while
either party was an idiot or insane all
marriages between q white person and
negro, il solemnized within this
State oil marriages solemnized when
either party was under the age OF legal
consent, If they shalt separate during
such homage, and not live together az
terwards, or in case the consent OF one
OF the parties was obtained by force or
fraud, and there shall have been no
subsequent voluntary cohabitation OF
the parties. shall be deemed void with
out any decree Of divorce.
A sentence OF imprisonment for life
Of either party, dissolves the marriage
without any decree OF divorce.
The following are recognized by the
statute as grounds for divorce to the
aggrieved party. First, adultery sec
ond. physical incompetency third,
sentence Of one Of the parties to i'm
prisonment for three years or more !;
fourth, when either party shall desert
the other for term OF two years fifth.
when either party shall have become
an habitual drunkard.
And the court may, in its discretion,
grant decree OF divorce for the cause
of extreme cruelty, or, on the COM
plant Of tha wife, where the husband
ing able 10 furnish such support. The
court will not grant divorce TO par
ty who is shown TO be guilty OF the
crime or misconduct charged against
the defendant.
During the pending OF suit for di-
vorce, the court has power to make
such order concerning the care and Gus
tody of the minor children and for the
support Of the wife by the husband as
shall seem suitable and proper, aud
when a decree is granted, the court
mskes such order as to the future care
OF the children and support Of the wife
as shall appear just aud proper, under
all the circumstances.
When the marriage is dissolved, on
account OF the imprisonment of the
husband, adultery by the husband,
misconduct, or habitual drunkenness
Of the hu'band, the wife shall be snti-
tied 10 her dover in his lands, the same
as il he were dead.
The court hiss power tn grnut a di-
vorce from bed and board, without dis
solving the marriage. in cases where
the ground of complaint is extreme
cruelty, or the neglect OF the husband
to support the wife.