New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-23
lALY AND DIVORCE
..,;,o Courts Hold Invalid the
p oscrees Obtained Abroad.

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<yns'" ,ortcan woman wedding or
ge. 70 an Italian should take note OF
f'a session just rendered by the ltalian
'e, FINAL Appeal AS every one is
III ', orce does not exist in Italy, and
6f &C., or so bills that have been pre-
'o1 tho national Legislature with
eS ,,sct of placing a divorce law on
! y CIV hooks have been defeated by
rSsIming majorities.
n consequence has been that when-
N I,aIian subject desired release
n S..rimonial bonds. either a legal
80 or else naturalization would be
y, and obtained in France Swi'zer-
~" germany. where divorce is easy.
,ovinc obtained in one of these
fe decree of divorce the parties
~ !, ~ rs,prn TO Italy and resume their
n. =. domicile or nationality. as the case
"a Moreover they would contract
!" marriages in Italy. This had been
~ -.,,bor, let or hindrance hitherto,
,.nceforth it will be impossible.
- time ago Count Carlo Guicciardini
NED violently with his wife, a
of Senator Moreno. envoy of the
s- Zinc Republic at Rome. owing to her
s.,,on 10 his attentions to the ex-Crown
80. Of Saxony. Finally, the couple
=, m their minds 10 secure complete
-ohfon of their marriage. According
\. count secured naturalization in
|..,orv and Immediately afterward a
~-.sorian divorce. He thereupon re-
- N Italy. and wishing to recover
..,.,on Of his child which had been
~.,3ed TO him by the Hungarian tri-
,.I ,ut had been retained by the moth
!. xbo refused 10 surrender It. he re
..s,,ed his Italian citizenship and APP
Lied 70 the Italian courts TO enforce
1. Hungarian decree.
-,s matter has been carried from one
.,,-t 10 another in Italy, until IL has
,..n finally decided that the Hungarian d.
,.,ca has no validity in Italy, since Count
,,,lo Guicciardini msnifestly secured his
,,,res a, Budapest for the purpose Of
ding the marriage laws Of Italy. The
,s,rt Of this is TO prevent either Count
n,r,o or the countess from marrying
,ra,r while II the count wishes to have
no custody Of his child he has only 10
,,voke the services OF the police for its
.,,Ire. unless his wife takes time by the
,.,sock and obtains a legal separation
IA the award Of the child. which is all
"a, the Italian tribunals are competent
% grant
there are a large number Of well known
lzFsns who will be affected by this rul-
Il Of the Supreme Court. among them
;, former Countess Arturo Fabbricotti.
yho, on the strength Of divorce obtained
. France from her F1orentine husband.
-srned Baron Aliotti. formerly attached
! the Italian Embassy at Washington,
ID DOW Italian Minister to Mexico.
Happily Countess Arturo Fabbricotti
Is remained in Europe. and under the
me Of Baroness Aliotti" has been
uying with Lord and Lady Sackville, at
Irele Park. in Kent. for Mexican So
10 and the foreign diplomatic corps in
EHcO would be perfectly justified by
. ruling Of the Italian court in refus-
Z 10 receive her as the lawful wife Of
Italian envoy. Every American
nan therefore should take thoroughly
I heart the fact that henceforth when
be Vess an Italian it is for life. and
saa as she becomes Italian by her mar
lsgs there can he 10 dissolution of the
Tod ave by death.
I nay be asked why this momentous
3siso has only just been rendered.
Ia fact Of the matter is that the Italian
EI,sne court had never been called
50r 10 determine the validity Of divorces
r,Sined abroad by Italian citizens until
r7ealed TO by Count Carlo Guicciardini
iEsoyer, the counts appeal, on account
The slowness Of judicial procedure in
zE has taken several years TO reach
: Supreme Court
While on the subject of foreign divorce
ne state in reply 10 leltcT OF lhquH9
Al has reached me from reader that
= law Of Hungary is like that of France
Tohibiting a woman to bear the name
I title Of her former husband after the
lTiage has been legally dissolved, no
alter whether the decree has been
snted in her favor or against her. Par
raph q Of that section OF the code deal
! with marriage is very explicit on this
ut, and any reference TO the Almanach
Gotha and to its supplementary vol
rs dealing with the lesser nobility will
w that the divorced wives of Hun
hans are noted therein with the fol-
ring words: Legally prohibited from
ther use VI the name and title"