The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-09-07
9Haetsutt yntslIigeness.
STATE LAWS AND DIVORCE.
The Various Ground on which 1t Is Grant
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Chicago Herald.
Since it is impossible in many States to
procure divoSces except for very grave
reasons, it becomes necessary for those
who can no longer live together to seek
some States where the least amount Of
time and the slightest causes will gain the
desired decree. All the States and Ter
ritories except Georgia, Louisiana and
Delaware specify the necessary length of
time during which the plaintiff must
have lived in the State in order to be
able to bring an action for divorce. This
period varies from ninety days fol, Da.
kota to five years for Massachusetts.
Time in these days often means a great
deal of money, and chat is why the Ba-
kota divorces occupy so much attention
at present, and it is solely for this .rea-
son that she has the advantage over a
number of other States and Territories.
A six months residence will eutitle
the plaintiff to sue for divorce in Ari.
zona, California, Idaho, Nebraska, Ne
vada, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming.
A large number Of States fix the term at
one year. The best Of these are Colo
RADIO, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Mon
tana, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington
and Wisconsin. Many of the States
make the threat that the decree shall be
invalid if the plaintiff removes there
simply for the purpose of getting di-
vorce, but the State pays no further at
tention to him after the decree unless
there is vituperative defendant to fol-
low him up. Even then it is difficult to
get positive proof that he or she went 10
a certain State for the sole purpose Of
obtaininga divorce, since so many causes
are constantly coming up. which lead
to change of mind. The successful
plaintiff may move back because he could
not dispose of his Eastern business;as he
fancied, or the enterprise for which be
left his native State may have failed to
materialize; or parents may be sick and
send for him to return. A fertile mind
might be impelled to come back for
myriad of excellent reasons. When the
plaintiff has selected the locality which
suits him best he must not forget to take
with him sufficient proof of his allega.
tions to entitle him to g.. divorce under
the laws of chat particular State.
In Dakota the following reasons are
deemed sufficient grounds. for divorce:
martial in6delity, which will SECURE alb.
solute divorce in every State and Terri
tory except South Carolina, where di-
vorce is not allowed for any reason ex.
cessive cruelty, willfdf. desertion and
neglect and for habitual intemperance.
The glorious climate of California is e1.
cellent alike for the body and for divorce.
Absolute separation is granted there for
one years willful desertion, neglect, and
for habitual intemperance. Extreme
cruelty is also a cause. The Courts of
Arizona grant divorce for Blk months
Intentional abandonment, for cruel treat.
ment, habitual intemperauce and neglect
on the part ofthe husband to provide the
necessaries oflife for his wife. In Idaho
plaintiff may secure divorce for e1-
treme cruelty, dessrtion neglect and in
temperance, containing for one year. In
Nebraska the sufficient causes for judi.
cial separation ere desertion for two
years, habitual drunkenness, extreme
cruelty and failure to provide for wife.
Nevada sewers the marriage tie for one
years desertion, for gross drunkenness,
if contracted since marriage, for extreme
cruelty and for years neglect on the
part of the husband to provide for his
wife. New Mexico dissolves the mar
riage partnership for cruel treatment,
abandonment, habitual drunkenness, and
husbands failure TO provide. The Courts
of Texas give divorce for such ill'treat.
ment as renders married life unbearable
and for three years desertion. The laws
of Wyoming declare severance of the
conjugal relation for one years willful
desertion, for extreme cruelty, habitual
drunkenness, husbands neglectto provide
for one year and for any treatment BY
the one which renders the life of the 9th
er intolerable.
The aforementioned States and Ter
ritories exhaust the list of those allowing
8 plaintiff to commence action after.
six month 's.residence. Of course when
plaintiffs remove to distant State they
always want an absolute divorce, not
lluIttu Oucj WulCu 10 q ocPatat1oA A1oln
bed and board only. 1t is we'll to note
that Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming never
grant limited divorce.
Among the States requiring one years
residence on the part of the plintiA are
Washington, Colorado, Montana, Oregon,
Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin aud
Rhode Island. Of these, Washington
has been regarded as the banner State
for the sensible view her Courts take of
divorce. Sufficient causes are cruel
treatment, personal iniquities, habitual
drunkenness, refusal to provide, one
years abandonment, or any other cause
seeming sufficient to the Court, and when
the court is satisfied the parties can no
longer live together.
Colorado and Montana both grant di.
vorces for one years Drunkenness or de-
sertion and extreme cruelty. The causes
in Oregon are cruel and inhuman treat