Marriage and Divorce Laws of the WorldRingrose, Hyacinthe
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Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World
Ringrose, Hyacinthe
Divorce -- Law and legislation; Marriage law
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.--
1. Adultery.
2. When either party is sentenced to confinement in the State prison for
life, or for three years or more, and is actually confined at the time.
3. Intolerable severity of either party.
4. Wilful desertion for three consecutive years.
5. Absence of either party for seven years without being heard of during
that time.
6. Husband's cruel refusal or neglect to provide suitable maintenance for
wife.
LIMITED DIVORCES.--A limited divorce, which leaves the marriage
undissolved, may be granted for any of the causes for which an absolute
divorce may be granted.
VIRGINIA.
MARRIAGE.--A male is deemed capable of marriage at 14 years and a female
at 12 years, but for all minors under 21 years parental consent is
required.
PROHIBITIONS.--Marriage between ascendants and descendants, and between
persons nearer of kin than the fourth degree of consanguinity, is
prohibited. Marriage between white and colored persons is forbidden.
FORMALITIES.--No marriage or attempted marriage, if it took place in this
State, can be held valid here unless shown to have been under a license
and solemnized according to statute. However, no particular marriage
ceremony is prescribed, except that, if solemnized by a religious society,
it must be in the manner practiced by such society.
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.--
1. Adultery.
2. Incurable impotency.
3. Sentence to penitentiary.
4. Conviction of one party (without the knowledge of the other) of an
infamous offence before marriage.
5. Flight from justice.
6. Desertion continued for three years.
7. Wife's pregnancy at time of marriage by another man, unknown to
husband.
8. Upon proof that prior to marriage wife had been, unknown to husband, a
prostitute.
LIMITED DIVORCE.--May be granted for:
1. Cruelty.
2. Reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt.
3. Abandonment.
4. Desertion.
WASHINGTON.
MARRIAGE.--Marriage is a civil contract which may be entered into by males
of the age of 21 years and females of the age of 18 years who are
otherwise capable.
PROHIBITED DEGREES.--Marriage is prohibited between persons nearer of kin
than second cousins, whether of the whole or half blood, computing by the
rules of the civil law.
CELEBRATION.--No particular form of ceremony prescribed, but license is
necessary.
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.--
1. Consent to marriage obtained by force and fraud and no subsequent
voluntary cohabitation.
2. Adultery.
3. Impotency.
4. Abandonment for one year.
5. Cruel treatment.
6. Personal iniquities.
7. Habitual drunkenness.
8. Neglect to provide for wife or family.
9. Present imprisonment in penitentiary.
10. Any other cause in the court's discretion if it appears parties should
not continue the marriage relation.
11. Incurable chronic mania or dementia existing for ten years or more.
WEST VIRGINIA.
MARRIAGE.--Males may marry at 18 years and females at 16 years, but
parental consent is required for all persons under 21 years of age.
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