Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-11
'PAR|S DIVORCE MILL
| MAY OUTSH|NE RENO
Decision in Gould Case Serves
to Make French Capital
Popular "Domicile."
"OPENS DOOR TO SINGLE BLISS
Nevada Courts Will Soon Be
but Memory as Divorces
Happy Hunting Ground.
"OPENS DOOR TO SINGLE BLISS
ny BASIL DILLnx wnnx


:, PARiS, Jan. l0.-Paris has Justified
rs, rs title OF Americas new Reno. Ny
.hc decision in the Gould divorce case
nounteu that all AN American needs to
procure a divorce is 10 establish good
!. .r, ana incn come to Paris and get
reused the old proviso that legal dpnii-
Gilc IN france must be proved betOfc a
dcCrec can be granted.
When Frank Could applie1 for d;
roTcc against his wife, who was Edith
Nelly an English music-hpll siEnc-. he
dared not assert his residences 10 b.. j.,
France. lf he mad admitted thai his
"~Hi"ilc existed at Maisons- I.afii.c
n .,,,. 1919 Nj Could under Frcncl,
halt MS fortune. estimated by her at
19,0oo.oo0 francs NllsO0 Oooy. AZ !,
vas. The court only awarded her zoos
fused to accept
Divorrecs' Hunting Ground.
The important Versailles decision.
Whicn makes Paria more than ever the
nappE hunting ground OF would be di-
Gould mad appealed to auash tho iudC-
menl on tie ground that she had never
I:E osmizea the jurisdiction of the
Premier. on behalf Of Frank J. Go iiie
argued that as Mrs. Gould had moi
stat ed neT .ob!scti2ns at the beginning
~" jurisdiction OF the French cnur,e
Alter eight days elaboration, the cour;
y
c ma Tiss - Loeb. Gould's lawyer, re-
thFds inc decision Il s tho most import
ant ever taken in a French divorce sui,
VIC said that there was nov notNinr r.
stop disaTcc,cd couples from anvw6o -
IN the world coming TO Paris for an
easy divorce.
''Reno Only Memory,
IN one year I p-edlc. that Paris
1iyorce cases" he said Reno viii be
only a memory"
What IS known as dc facto doni-
clio IS still. according 10 the strict jnt.
ter OF the law. required. Blu; the Ciouid
case shows that TO procure !, divorce
IN IN, = J. rance i is only necessary for both
a"ppsies 70 nc temporarily domic!led in
Iaris motel. where the necessary evil
cencc can be obtained.
He.rSay evidence is not admitted
N French divorce case. There must
ne actual witnesses or documontarv
proof. In the Gould case detectives
3rokc In Mrs. Gould's apartment in or
Ger TO secure the necessary proof
Three Cnuses for Divorce.
The causes for which divorce are
GRANTED III Franco are thrce-adultcrv.
auronts or moral injuries. and bru,aItty'
rr ne s leNntt'on q: moral injury Is com
head.
procured is for both pa N,!es TO recogni2c
~: !elCn court $ jurisdiction II rho
ueienning party does not appear ar ira
NJ; hearing OF The suit such nonap-
re "a nee is regarded q s tac;t admission
81 Jur!sdiction. and, providing the eyi-
tan. 80
Cases Heard In Privacy,
;DivorSe cases are heard in stric,
p:!Eac| by judge, who assumes al
n mGdt pa t. air and publication Of
sEict!E forbidden. Tho length Of lin.
f So before The case is taken from
S .;,,l depends ON the aSs:duity ana In
''uencc OF tae plaintiffs lawyer.
french courts have no mower 20 <or-
800. or 70 permit the subsequent mar
s.iase OF persons whom they diyor.e
I,, ne man may remarry after two
ZION ms me woman after ten months
W" i:irhtAs is allowed by law in wlicH
al .; Tea! may be made
according TO Maitre Frederick Az
IAN a promiaent French divorce law
IN I- ..e ccsi ci obtaining divorce
700 in ordinary cases. Where. as in ~.
could ease, a peader OF tho sta,sinr
and AGILITY OF Niviani is emplo~ad the
30 OIL course, will come Very n,n:.h