Show I 1 mexico offers easy divorces at new law in sonora permits decrees by mutual consent new yorki york divorces oi on short notice are the latest attraction for win ter tourists la in mexico under recent legislation passed by the lie state mate of sonora it Is possible to obtain a decree by mutual consent usually in four to six weeks under the federal statutes of mexico a foreigner enjoys all the rights of a citizen in respect to actions at law including suits for divorce so nora morn has gone still curtler furt lr ler author izing suits stilts against nonresident defendants fend lend ants by means of personal il service or such other means or of service its as may lie ile authorized by tile he laws of the state or place here heie the lie defendant resides or may be found As many states tn in the lie american union provide for service sen ice by 1 publication it becomes possible to publish lie he notice of a divorce action and then prosecute the action in sonora when service lias has been mild made upon the defendant defendi int by tiny any of the lie mentis aliat are legal in ills place pance of rest resi dence tile be mexican mc court grunts grants suni dent clent time thue for liim to answer to lie file complaint ordinarily this fills delay does not involve nime than thirty days corroboration of charges may inay loe lie es by witnesses in open court by depositions or sworn statement taken without the country by bi order of the court or by b other tary evidence of such facts two classes of divorces tile the sanora bonora statutes provide for two classes of divorce the fart first re lating to a deciel de c ret ly by consent sets forth that the petition insist he bo signed by bv both parties alleging lit in compatibility and it a desire fly 1 both 0 o anil ell lie marriage relation under the lie second clause a divorce may be had find upon ground set forth in the he civil code cod find without agreement these grounds include adultery of the coti conjugal ugal home borne by bv elther iii pirty for six months and eti cine cruelty the second cond mar n bxron is prohibited for lays of separation sep nation tion from tit alip first im and wife other beffre or after divorce thus sonora lins has extended to citizens an und aliens the broadest bio idest divorce privileges on tile the continent with the possible exception of yucatan adoth in er cr mexican state st ite although ill the yucatan Cle creps line have been set aside in several instances by h Amerl Anie rican din courts coin ts it la believed believe thit that the sonoro decrees will have anve higher standing when brought to issue treaties between ski o and the united states provide for recognition of court judg judgment orients Trien ts if these theise treaties ties be maintained to the lie letter there lure apparently la Is no lensun liy a decree should not have ll 11 ivi ill all tile the force of one obtained tit nt boine lint but it also is true tine that antrican in courts tire aie jonious jc illius of tit their mr curf dirtion over nor Arned can citizens antill ciany in ha leave alli sized sied that they enill permit no other judicial bodies to rule upon the lie stati ij of such attitude la Is particularly evident in new york uncertain status ry by reason or of thee lie e contradictions the question ol of 01 ce oli rained d in ill forel foreign gil countries conn tiles Is involved Involve I in groat great uncertainty iut hill the ibe worst w noih pen alty to bp be exacted of if it pison dl 11 arced voiced where service is igwe ly by publication li and tile hie defendant defend hit does not appear lit in person or by bv attorney nt torne would le ile a second stilt for divone by tile the de defendi int in the first notion A wife declared ired free in sonora where there here had been no sudi such appear alite might be sued at home by her husband and divorced although she had obtained a decree in the mexican state but any criminal implications for bigamy in the event of a second marriage would be removed in prue practice because courts generally recognize that it decree of divorce relieves the divorced person of guilty intent where nil ail parties appear appear in the litigation tile the courts usually hold thern them to lie file letter of fir the decree because so EO to speak they have had their day in court tile the principles of law and all of the uncertainties surrounding mexican tit dl vorce orce actions apply with equal force to decrees from froin french courts ma man well ell known persons have obtained decrees in france that may not be honored 01 ed by their courts at home property values amounting to ninny many millions are likely to ile he brought in ques tion because of these divorces and the reir remarriages tarr 1 ages that thiet have followed the french laws governing divorce and the procedure followed are a sub led of wide interest just now darld dm ill may new york lawyer and authority upon divorce laws discussed 1113 matter in the light of recent de clop ments france does docs not require any fixed terni term of resilience residence to begin a divorce action lie he mid bald and the plaintiff plaint lIT may limy file lie notice of suit stilt almost upon arrival usually several months elapse it Is then within tile the province or of tile lie court to decide whether sudi plaintiff tiff tills established n residence in 1 ance rn ce assuming that hut the lie court Is satisfied atis fied upon tills ills point it next ile I 1 iines canies neca necessary sary to lo effect service upon tile defendant when such defendant j is s front from n nance fiance ance perill Ps living it in nev york the court ivill issue it sulli alons through the french Ii conal canul in tills city or in ti another nother Mil milliner tiner after afler service sen ice of that summons IS the lie defendant can conini commit lt ills rights to a I 1 rencil attorney and IQ be represented without stirring from froin liomin linnit where here both parties tire are agreeable 1 ir the lie divorce the serle sen ice and delegation of rights lights tire are rapidly accomplished and it may be believed that till tins mn mit uil full consent exists in alli almost lost ever amerlean american divorce action that hat comes before a I 1 brench tribunal procedure in france after these preliminary stops steps tile the french court calls for in hearing liei rinK to effort re concil I 1 a lion if possible sin p this la Is u usually bally out of tile he que question cioll I 1 the suit it tit then n I 1 moes a 0 V on to to a agular henring and upon evidence flee deemed nivol liy by the court a 11 divorce can be granted gi anted this process of law lc ic coin crinnion nion to nil all of the he latin countries md and lias a strong relation to that eliat lit in sonora patterned upon tile older models of europe but the lie american divorce in france faces utility many problems let us suppose eliat nil ail american husband lui annd freed frd by the french fience courts should many it second wife in new york ail and led soon boon afterward leaving leav liiK children b 1 the first eife ifo s ild mi hit it i y it would become po bilile for thrill to a seit q t lait thit tile ic t conI wife nan in i 1 as I it 11 legal leal wife and ami could nut not tit lie husbands property when lien lie ho 1 lilt u no llo 1 mill I ill bo calese the lie firl fir rit st l wife afe 1111 amt been legally lc illi divri ced tills issue is 19 net et to lie decided lilt but will ii e up defore ions iong jig as inin of tile pet is aivord di orcel abroad ali oid linio large pro HY interests interest and by b their UK 11 lust war in ill ii 1 less digree the lie problems sur our roun rounding ling french Iren cli anol mexican ali ann cnn 11 i vor alo al io o apply to the lie decroes of oth r i ails i when lien brought brou glit to u lou oll in vw i arh ork 1 it il is i an in sive f fact act to to the lay ail insixi ill fluit the person divo divorced ll orrel reed lit in oil om bild married murr icil in ili another ender doubtful la open to no ordinary forms forma of prosecution the worst penalty that threatens him or her Is a second bult t for divorce and the notor notoriety lety attending such action where either party has cl children Aldren the possibilities become more complex but tile the only real threat of a demand for redress by law arises under the new york statutes prohibiting the remarriage of defendants in a divorce action many may bo be worthless worthies mr may drew attention to tho the relations of state courts under the federal constitution which lays down the principle that the tribunals of all states are to give falth faith and credit to the decisions et other states that bame spirit enters into international treaties so that the theoretical aspect of divorces obtained in other centea or foreign countries Is perhaps identical but lit in application every court almost becomes a law unto itself as tho the united states supreme court said bald and the lie citizen of any state divorced in another state must always lle live in some doubt about his hid standing only in cases where fill all the requirements of it home hoine state have been observed by a citizen of that state can a divorce be accounted fully legal and binding these conclusions mean that many thousands of persons in now york anti and tile lie country at large bear divorces which lire are likely to be held worthless i upon challenge lilt but relatively few of these doubtful divorces ever lend to actions or any other process of law tile the practical effect la Is to create n stute state of uncertainty affecting the whole fabric of law between tile the st ittes nevada still leads all other states in the lie liberality of its divorce lna laws A residence of s six months only Is required lint but the plaintiff must reside lit in it a fixed placa for that length of line bilile formerly loni Hily it was ns possible to boreali it journey joining vv j 1 ia stop lit in flip file till nn action there an nod continue the hie trip nil to san in francisco Fran ii visco at tile the end of sl months 11 could return binl 1 I airry on the action new york ills la 19 |