San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31

Dody IN the united OCdteS 10 get
divorce in three days-anyone, that is,
who has the price.
The law is most tender toward the
sore hearts of those who marched to
the marriage altar with high hopes and
then had them blow up. There are no
embarrassing questions, no necessity Of
witnesses to run up expenses, no
tiresome waiting, no publicity, and
the divorce is guaranteed to be good M
anywhere. Il
How did this most accommodating ~
divorce mill ever invented by man U
come into being? Well, for several years
the Mexican Government, which has given
up revolutions and become settled and
business-like country, has looked enviously
at all the rich Americans who were flock
ing to Paris and other places where more
liberal divorce laws exist than in their
own States.
Why couldn't these desirable tourists
be attracted to Mexico, which is so much
closer to any part of the United States
than Paris?
1t seemed to be an opportune moment.
It takes from three to six months to get
a divorce in Paris and the French courts,
a little startled by the bulk of American
business coming their way, had begun to
put up some bars. You had to establish
bona fde residence, for instance--no
longer could you just stop day or two
and then go on to the Riviera, coming
back now and then for brief examina
ton Furthermore, the French courts re-
Gently decided that they could consider as
causes for divorce in each case before
them only causes which would operate for
divorce in the State from which the appli-
cant came.
II did seem the psychological moment
to divert to Mexico this profitable traffic.
American expert divorce lawyers were
consulted. Senior Arturs del TorO,
wealthy land owner and legal au-
;hority from Sonora, Mexico, made careful
note of Just what each State in this coun-
try requires for divorce. The experts
drafted a law which made each and every
one of these causes for divorce in the
States also a cause for divorce in Mexico!
Besides, they added two new causes The
draft of the law was then taken to Mexico
City, was politely passed>by the Mexican
Congress and was courteously approved
by the Governor of Sonora, which State
had been selected as the pleasantest and
most convenient one for the prospective
visitors from above the border.
The strict secrecy of the French pro-
ceedings was preserved, but the necessity
for establishing residence was blotted out
how unneighborly such provision
would be!
And then just the other day Senior del
Toro returned to the United States to
explain to divorce seekers exactly what
they had to do to spend a pleasant little
three-day vacation in MeXico-or longer,
of course, if they preferred-and come
back home happy with q thoroughly good
divorce decree.
an the United States" says Senior
del Toro, divorce is often disgraceful
proceeding Why? Because of the UNI
pleasant complaints which one must make
here in order to secure a decree. Often
entirely respectable couples who happen
to live in a State like New York find
themselves dragged into nasty scandals
when they decide that they would be hap
pier if not married. New York and
number of other States will not grant a
divorce unless the husband or his wife
will 90 on the stand and accuse the other
of immoral conduct. Further, they are
cruelty expected to furnish evidence as
to the truth of their complaints.