Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-14
CARRANZA PUTS
DIVORCE IN LIST
Of HIS REFORMS

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Vera Cruz Jan i--Genoial Car
RAMA has added to his prosram OF
reforms the granting of absolute Ill
vorcc ANY judge in MeXico--it he
cares 10 take the chance of CorUnza
rcscatns himself In Chapultepcc-
may now annW a marriage contract
Tho law hccauc effective ON New
Years day.
Mexico has heretofore never
granted more than legal separation.
The new law not only provides for
divorce with the right TO rcmarry
hNt makes the dissolution of the
union SO simple that the nitro aeree-
mcut of man aud wife 10 break their
marital contract Is sufficient
lf the factions headed by Villa and
Iapata aud Gutierro5 should not
agree to duplicate Cauahla's decree,
or if Carran2a should luil TO retalSe
the capital and restore himself TO
power state of marital relations
not differing greatly from bigamy
may be expected in the territory now
controlled by Carranza. II Is assert
ed. however. that villa Zapata and
their followers are OF Ike mind ON
the question and viii not hesitate to
follow Carranzas example
should the law staad. Mexico will
be perhaps the most liberal country
in the world IN specifications of the
causes for divorce In the ease of mu-
tual consent Il Is merely necessary
for the man and wife to sign an
agreement, stating they are tired OF
living together providing for proper
division of property and HE DISPOSE
ton OF the children present this to
"a Judge after it has been attested 10y
Ia notary. and the judge has no OPP
ton but to render the judgment that
enables them to search FOR new
mates.
Grounds for Divorce,
I-nfaithfulncss, cruelty an those
offcnses usually listed in most divorce
laws as reasons for separations are
given. but there are few unusna
textures as we'll Abandonment OF
the part of the wife is defined as
Abandonment without cause of Tho
conjugal home. even though It he ioI
a single light" Towards the husband
the law is more lenient. His absence
from home Stall not be regarded az
Abandonment u less he has Remained
away for thirty consecutive nights
The wife who r.fuses to supper
/ her husband when he is out OF worn
and, when She has money shall be
ladjudged as having civ n ground
! for divorce.
one restriction has been placed II
that section relating to divorce 10y
mutual consent 1t is specified tha
/ in that case the parties must have
lived together at least for three
years.
! Carranza, commenting on his de-
croc. said that marriage among th'
lower classes was exceptional. tha'
! chose unions which do exist rarely
Iare localized, whether on account Oh
povcrtv or the instructive fear OF err
Itering into AN irrevocablc contract
/ He explained that in his opinion d.
vorce offered the best remedy loi
reducing the number of lllegltimat'
unions. which he admitted character
izcd a great part of the unions II
Noxico Tie was chiefly concerned
howevcr ia alternating the condltlol
lor woman, especially the woman o.
tho middle and lower classes
1T Is mct.' ne said, beyond a'
idotibt that in the middle CLASSES Ih'
woman. due to special conditions Oh
education aud customs is incapael'at
ed for successful participation ~ ilt
economic struggle. ON this accouu
tho woman whose marriage has pc
came II farce finds herself the NlclH
Of her husband, placed in condltloi
If slavery from which she cannot 's
cane except by means Of law t"o
will break the bond joining hei It
her husband and SO emanclpat'nR ''o'
This law should give to inc "o'''''
osnecially the woman of the lo"o'
class the opportunity for her owl
,,,lift and for her emancipation IRON
the slavery in which she iinds her'
self"