Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-01-18 | Page 42 | Paris to Take Reno's 'Glory,' Writer Avers

PARIS TO TAKE RENOS RENO'S GLORY WRITER A AVERS VERSI Gould Case Decision Makes l I Divorce Easy for U. U S. S Citizens Belief 1 B By Basil Dillon Woon Don Universal S Service Staff C Correspondent rr Paris Jan Parts Paris 1 17 Paris has justified Its title of oC Americas America's new Reno neno B By their heir decision In the tho Gould Could case tho ho Vc ju Judges have virtually an- an n- n that all an American needs to I procure a divorce Is to establish good god and then come como to Paris to get i it I I decision has sweepingly re- re the old proviso that legal al domicile In n jr France must bo be proved before a d decree deree de- de cree ree tan can be bo granted When Frank Gould applied d for JI 31 orco vorce against his wife who vho was Kelly an nn English music hall singer he ho heared hedared dared ared not assert his residence to bo be m ma France If It he ho had admitted that his domicile at Maisons near car Mrs Gould under Pr French Frenc Frenchaw law aw would woud have been entitled to one- one half his fortune estimated b by her at franco france As It was vas the court awarded her only lOCO francs ranca a month which she has refused to o acCe accept t. t Mr Irs r. r Gould Goulds Con Contention Fall Theo The Important decision which makes mattes Paris more moro th than n ever the happy happ lappy hunting ground of oC would would-be divorced di- di couples was rendered after Mrs Irs Gould had appealed to quash tho the jud judgment judgment judg judg- ment on ott the ground that she had n never er recognized the jurisdiction o of the French court Rene Vivian Viviani former premier premier on behalf of ot Frank J. J Gould ar Yn iiI th D l r E Goul d I ft had ea rs II U not nul Stated d her 1 r objections at the be beginning or of f t te PP o suit SIC she hI had tacitly adI ad iH d the of oC the French courts COUrt Ar After r eight days days' deliberation the court curt greed agreed with Vivian l nl 1 Ch Charles r es G. G Loeb Goulds Gould's la lawyer et ic- ic ards the decision as the mo most t important import- import ant nt taken In a French divorce suit HI Tic iv said that there was no now nothing to top stop d disaffected couples from anywhere In n thu he world coming cominS' to lo Paris fc for fr r an nn easy caay divorce I Reno Ileno Only n a rO In one year car I predict that Paris P courts will bo be swamp swamped d by American divorce cases ho he said Reno will be Lc only r a a. memory What Is known as a de do tato domi cUe Is still according to the strict lotter lotter lot- lot ter cr of the la law required But Ent the Gould case caso shows s that to procure a divorce in n Prance France It I Is only necessary for both hoth parties to bo be temporarily domiciled IT in iii Ina a n. Paris hotel where the time necessary evidence evidence evi evi- dence can be bo o obtained Heat evidence Is not admitted In Ina a It French divorce case There must be actual witnesses or documentary proof III u tho thu Gould case detectives brol broke o In inEr Er Mr 11 Goulds Gould's apartment to secure tho the recca necessary wry ry proof p Three Cause Causer for tor Divorce d d The causes for which ar are wanted granted in Prance Franco are three three adultery adultery or moral Injuries and ind l Ity ty The definition of at moral injury Is c comprehensive e Refusal ReCusal to return to hu the conjugal domicile comes und that head hend If It an any of these can 1 be lI b by witnesses or documents all that t Is necessary for tor the to be to procured Is 18 for tor both parties t to rec recognize nize the toe Frensch courts court's Jurisdiction If It tho the defending party part docs does not appear at al the first hearing o of the suit su such h non p Is regarded aa as J tacit ad admission ud- ud mission mzion of ot jurisdiction and provided tho evidence is sufficient a divorce dl is J i Divorce DI cases are arc hear 1 1 n n strict t privacy y t 1 ty y a a. ju Judge s-c s who assumes almost a a paternal air and publication of or evi t.- dence dere c ro in the titu French newspapers Is forbidden or The length of oC time before tho the c case o Is taken from tile the o. and considered by fly the Ir tr ir tunal bunal depends on the assiduity iced In In fluency fluence of oC the plaintiffs plaintiff's lawyer I French rench cour courts 3 havo have no power to forbid for tor- bid or to permit the tho subsequent e of ot persons whom they divorce Tho rho man Ivan to n ma may remarry after after ctt two m. m tho the woman oman after t tea 1 Two months Is allowed allowe b by law in which I aj am appe appeal l mn may bo be made J According to 10 Maitre melt r. r a 1 prominent French divorce lawyer layer tu tH tit cost of ot obtaining a s dlvore In Francs Franco should not be more than 1001 Wh h r rl as in the Gould case a pleader of oC the standing standing- and ability of at is em ezo the cost coot of If course cours will come much higher