The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-10-24
.UNDIVORCED ARE
IN BIG TANGLE
Supreme Court Decision Has Hli
Over a Hundred Happily
Separated Pairs.

Tho news In The Advertiser yestor
day that the supreme court had ruled
that ali divorces that had beon granted
within thirty days Of service, are NJ
legal, created a lot Of talk yesterday
and much condemnation in divorce cir
cles.
Judge Robinson, who has granted
many divorces, was quite cheerful, too,
on the subject. lie said that matters
would soon be straightened out TO the
satisfaction of all. OF course, he added,
those people who had married on the
strength of having been granted this
kind of divorce would have to separate
Immediately, and remain so until their
previous marriages had been annulled
in accordance with the ruling Of the
supreme court. Then, If they still want
to, they may marry again. He does
not anticipate that there will be any
great trouble in unravelling the tangie
that has been made. All the DEGREES 49,
sued before the expiration of thirty
( days will be set aside, and the divorces
will be heard again and be granted as
soon as possible.
Some of the lawyers, il has been al
legged, had already stated that they
would charge some more fees Tor their
services in the re-divorcing processes.
But there are others, Judge Robinson
said yesterday, who had signified that
they would recognize the mistakes as
theirs and give their further services
free. The court will help all those who
have been placed in the present predic
ament as much as it can.
A computation yesterday showed that
one hundred and three couples had been
affected by the new ruling, and some
of these had married since the supposed
divorces had been granted to them. This
opens up a peculiar field of inquiry
For instance, a married woman must
have the consent of her husband before
she could make settlement of land
Now, there might be some cases where
this has been done, and if so, then such
settlements are null and void. A list
was being compiled yesterday by Judge
Robinson, but he has not yet completed
it. This shows that Japanese, Chinese
Portuguese and haoles are affected.
Some of Those Still Married.
The act became law on March s, 1909
In April of that year A. X. Aona, assist
! ant clerk in Judge Whitney's court
had his matrimonial bonds severed be
fore the thirty days needed had ex
pred. Dooney Hartman was another
Mrs. Clark, widow of August Dreie
was married to Henry Clark, and oil
tained divorce. She obtained this dec
rec before the thirty days were up, s
she is still Mrs. Clark. Clark has lef
for the mainland. Antoine Cunha got
divorce from his wife short time agt
She Immediately married again, so he
divorce and her marriage are illega
and she is still Mrs. Cunha. There al
nearly one hundred more of this kin,
r so the court will have a job on il
hands to untangle matters.
Lawyers and Judge Thought Alike.
The fact that the act had been a
tered was mentioned among the Law
= yers, but Judge Robinson and the a
+ torneys thought that where service wa
r accepted, everything would be all righ
> Among those who thought this wa
3 were District Attorney Breckons an
his assistant, w. Rawlins, Attorney V
d w. Thayer, and many others. All SCENE
: satisfied that there was no breach I
n the act, and in the circumstances,
Ie was felt that there could be no appe
because thirty days had not elapsed
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