Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1883 — Where to Get a Divorce. [ARTICLE]

Where to Get a Divorce.

Miss Belva Lockwofed, the feminine lawyer of Washington, gives a digest of the divorce laws in several States, which is an interesting, if not useful, epitome of our various and varying laws Upon this subject. In Maine “divorces may be decreed when the Judge deems it reasonable and proper, conducive to domestic harmony and consistent with the welfare of society.” Ilf is undoubtedly easier to procure a divorce than' to get a drink in Maine. “Any just cause at the discretion of the Judge” may dissolve the tie in North Carolina. In Virginia there is a provision that, “if a woman is discovered ( after marriage to have borne a bad character before marriage, without the knowledge of |he man to whom she is married, he may be divorced.” In West Virginia this rule is reversed in favor of the woman, in case the man has been an j ante-nuptials rake. In Connecticut such mischief or misbehavior as permanently destroys happiness and defeats the purposes of marriage shall constitute a legal divorce.” Mental incapacity is ground for a divorce in Georgia, which is an exceptional State in this respect. Adultery or immorality, committed before as well as after marriage, dissolves the tie ih Alabama. In Delaware, on the other hand, adultery is not of itself, in all cases, considered a sufficient cause for divorce. Failure to procure the necessaries of life is ample to secure a separation in Nevada. Divorce is permitted for a larger number of causes in Kentucky than in any ether State of the Union.— Chicago News. •