The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08
MORE DIvORCES HERE
 THAN INV EUROPE

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 But when both wish to escape from
 open. One Is to allow the other to
 obtain the evidence by which q divorce
 may be granted on statutory grounds;
 the other Is for one of the parties to
 take up a residence In some other
 State. and whose laws. regarding df-
 yorce are more liberal In the latter
 case the wife usually pleads as
 cause for divorce that her husband has
 neglected to provide for her. The confusion resulting from the
 varying laws of the individual States on the divorce question has had numer-
 ous. Illustrations, and the conflict or Jurisdiction has produced some curl ous results. A compiler of these hap
 penings relates how one resident of New York moved to Connecticut and after a short residence there found
 lady who pleased him more than ms wife He accordingly procured a Con necticut divorce and married his new affinity She naturally supposed that
 a marriage, acknowledged in Connecti. cut by law and by her friends would be legal anywhere. But when her
 husband died she was amazed to dis cover that neither she nor her child ren had any share In his real estate Tn New York.
 g residence clause, a decision was rend- cred denying the petition of wife from New York which will affect the Issue in more than a score of pend- ing cases. In Connecticut divorce was granted to man whose former
 wife had secured at her old home to Geor
 aia a decree perfectly legal in that State. on the strength Of which sne had married again.
 There is also the story of the man who paid double fee to an attorney in Rhode Island--one for having ms wife bring suit for divorce against him in Massa chussetts and another Tor services in procuring the divorce In Rhode Island of another woman rom her husband so as to enable him 10
 marry her after his divorce had been |, obtained. 9
 A contributor to The Yale Law Jour nal recently asserted that. "as 1t IS the duty of all lawyers to do their part in ameliorating the condition or mankind in every rational way. I | trust that both in the United States and in England they and all others who have the welfare of society at heart will direct public attention to this subject and endeavor to procure. the passage of uniform laws The re- cent Divorce Congress in Washington
 and Philadelphia has done a great | international service In this direction already, and will doubtless do more. The Judges can also be depended upon to do their part in bringing about some uniformity in ju-
 dicia1 decisions on this subject. In time. therefore. trust we shall be able to advise our clients that a di- vorce rendered in the United States will be recognized in England and divorce rendered in England of Amer ican citizens domiciled there VIII be recognized in the United States. and thus possibly some day there will be
 an end to the legislative and judicial chaos fin which at present the divorce laws of the United States seem ai- most hopelessly involved"
 At the recent meeting in Denver of the Presbyterian General Assembly a special committee which had been ap- | pointed to gather statistics of marrt- | age and divorce made its report. The Lcommittees reported that 1t had found t"a strong sentiment yet existing | against the enactment of a National
 law regulating marriage and divorce. | owing to the jeaiously of States to preserve their rights. But the States should show the closest possible uni l formtty and secure the least possible perplexity, and the best results for | the purity of our people and for the
 peace and prosperity of our Christian Nation" l. &4
 [ Continuing. the report says;
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 row row resuitifsagT ifr6iff afhg laxity 7of flaw | that makes divorce and speedy remarr- iage possible show sad and eharnefuf | tcontinuanoe and sthateftlFe efforts to | resist ana lessen these eyiIs that threa- ] ten the permanence and purity of the
 family ,life,. the stability of the State
 and the life and&power of the Church seem unavailing, yet the united efforts | of the churches. of National and
 State officials and organizations. of the l bar associations of the United States | and conspicuously the faithful and persistent work of the National Di- vorcey Congress which, invited the re- | presentatives of the interchurch con-