| Show Oklahoma Competitor o of J eno in Rapidity 0 of Divorce ivo Granting r an anNot s Not Not Much Chance for Other States to Eclipse Sooner Soon i err erf State Local legal luminaries will have havo to hustle some soma If tr they hope to have havo Salt Lake Into step Renos Reno's shoes as the mecca for couples Oklahoma Is after tho the honor If It such It can be bo called and has some the best of at It on Salt Lake The Oklahoma Ja laws s aro arc of such a Q liberal lib lib lib- eral cral nature that the state for tor somo some has been beon running Nevada No a a. close raco race Before Salt Lake can compete with either Nevada or Oklahoma lawyers here will have to secure passage b by the tho legislature of ot more lenient dh divorce orco laws Reno will soon be bo out of ot the running running run Tun- ning as the legislature of or that state intends to amend the divorce law making the of or tho the wedding knot as difficult as It IB is in the majority of states Pant Fut Work ork in Oklahoma Next to Nevada Oklahoma Is Isnow Isnow isnow now the par paradise Of ot the tho marriage burdened In fact fac since statehood Oklahoma has been cro crowding her sister state BO tW closely that sho she now Is a conten contender cr for fOI first place The Tho superior court of Tulsa count county has granted so man many divorces In tho the two years cars of ot Its existence It has earned the tho title The Reno Court of Oklahoma In one ono In instance tance It took only three minutes to present present pre pre- sent tho the case caso hear the testimony and render the decree This court has haa severed 00 marriage marriage marriage mar mar- knots In two years ear Lees Leas fI than 2 per cent of or applications leave have been denied onlea The district court of at Tulsa Tulta count county has granted iO di divorces divorces divorces di- di sin sinco co statehood and denied donled only 15 H per cent of or tho applications There Thore are over I rift fifty divorce cases cae i pending In the thc two courts True of Other Counties I The record In Tulsa Tulu county Is true truc of or Oklahoma l and the other larger counties In iii the state Th The small counties also aleo have their thelI share aMre of the divorce horce business Although It requires years ears a a. rese residence res res- to obtain a divorce In Oklahoma Okla homa the tho eight grounds upon which It Is granted In this state cover tr Q everything except incompatibility of or temper The Tile Oklahoma law provides for no divorce orce proctor proctor proctor proc proc- tor and seldom Is a a. divorce orce case casc contested consequently the trial court usually has hae nothing but tho evidence of or the petitioner for tor a n guide e. e Frequently there Is evidence of at collusion and now and then thon Perjur perjury per- per Iury jur jury but of or such a nature as to tobe toe be e almost impossible to effect a successful prosecution The nonresident nonresident nonresident non non- resident petitioner generally loses no time In shaking the tho dust of Oklahoma from tram his or her feet teet after securing a 1 decree and aa RB there IB la not much publicity tho the di divorce divorce di- di vorce case caso Is soon forgotten |
