FOREIGN MARRIAGE.--A marriage concluded in a foreign country between two Hollanders, or between a Hollander and a foreigner, is recognized as valid in Holland if celebrated according to the requirements of the foreign country, and provided the banns were duly published, without opposition, in the place or places of residence in Holland of the contracting parties, and provided such marriage is not in contravention of the law of Holland. ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE.--A marriage may be judiciously annulled on the following grounds: 1. Previous existing marriage of one of the parties. 2. Want of free consent on the part of one or both of the parties. 3. Mistake as to identity of person. 4. Insanity or deficient mentality of one or both parties. 5. Lack of marriageable age. 6. Relationship within prohibited degrees. 7. Marriage with an accomplice in adultery. 8. Absence of requisite number of witnesses. 9. Marriage in spite of an objection raised on publication of the banns, in case the objection proves to be well founded. 10. Marriage in violation of any other legal requirement. DIVORCE.--In Holland a marriage can be dissolved in one of four different ways: 1. By death of one of the parties. 2. By the absence of one of the spouses for the period of ten years or more, coupled with the remarriage of the other spouse. 3. By a divorce pronounced after a judicial separation has been obtained by one of the spouses. 4. By a divorce pronounced in the first instance for one of the causes hereinafter stated. The causes for an absolute divorce are: 1. Adultery. 2. Malicious abandonment continued for five years. 3. Judicial condemnation of one of the spouses to prison for an infamous offence. 4. Grave bodily harm inflicted by one spouse upon the other. PROCEDURE.--The action for divorce must be instituted before the judge of the district where the husband is domiciled, except when the cause alleged is malicious abandonment, in which case the suit must be brought before the judge of the district in which both parties had their last common domicile. Before filing the formal petition the complainant must personally attend before the district judge and state the facts, after which it is the duty of the judge to attempt a reconciliation of the parties. The complainant must appear without counsel or relatives. The judge next orders both parties to appear before him without counsel or relatives in the further endeavour to effect a reconciliation. If a reconciliation appears to be impossible the formal petition for divorce is then filed with the court. All suits for divorce are heard _in camera_, and the public prosecutor must attend. EFFECTS OF DIVORCE.--In so far as the innocent party is not able to support himself or herself out of his or her income the guilty party is bound, if able, to provide support. Except when it appears to the court that justice otherwise requires, the custody of the children is given to the successful suitor.