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
9. Wife's pregnancy at time of marriage by another person, without
husband's knowledge.
10. Habitual drunkenness.
LIMITED DIVORCES.--Such relief is granted to a wife only, for the
following causes:
1. Cruel and inhuman treatment, rendering it unsafe and improper for
continued cohabitation.
2. Such indignities offered to wife as render condition intolerable, and
force her to leave husband.
3. Husband's abandonment of wife, or his turning her out of doors,
refusing or neglecting to provide for her.
TEXAS.
MARRIAGE.--Earliest age for males to marry is 16 years; females 14 years.
Parental consent required for males under 21 years and females under 18
years.
IMPEDIMENTS.--The prohibited degrees of kinship are the same as in New
York.
Marriage is forbidden between persons of European blood or their
descendants and Africans or the descendants of Africans.
FORMALITIES.--License required. Marriage may be solemnized by religious or
civil ceremony.
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.--
1. Excesses; cruel treatment.
2. Wife taken in adultery.
3. Wife's abandonment of husband for three years.
4. Husband's desertion with intention of abandonment for three years.
5. When husband abandons wife and lives in adultery.
6. Conviction of felony and imprisonment therefor in State prison.
There is no such thing as a limited divorce in this State.
UTAH.
MARRIAGE.--Males may marry at 14 years and females at 12 years, but if the
former are under 21 years and the latter under 18 years parental consent
is required.
PROHIBITED DEGREES.--Marriage between ascendants and descendants, between
brothers and sisters of the whole or half blood, between uncles and
nieces, or aunts and nephews, or between any persons related to each other
within the fourth degree of consanguinity is prohibited.
Marriage is also forbidden between a white person and a negro or
Mongolian.
FORMALITIES.--After a license has been procured the marriage may be
solemnized by a minister or priest, judge of the Supreme or District
Court, mayor of a city, or justice of the peace.
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.--
1. Impotency.
2. Adultery.
3. Wilful desertion for more than one year.
4. Wilful neglect of husband to provide for wife.
5. Habitual drunkenness.
6. Conviction for felony.
7. Cruel treatment.
8. Permanent insanity of defendant.
To maintain an action for the last cause the plaintiff must prove that
defendant has been adjudged insane at least five years before the
beginning of action and that the insanity is incurable.
VERMONT.
MARRIAGE.--No minimum age is fixed by statute for marriage of minors, but
males under 21 years and females under 18 years require consent of
parents.
IMPEDIMENTS.--The prohibited degrees of consanguinity and affinity are the
same as in Massachusetts.
FORMALITIES.--License, called in Vermont a "certificate," is necessary.
No special form of marriage ceremony is prescribed, except that if
solemnized by Quakers the ceremony must be in the form used in Quaker
societies.
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