Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-02-04 | Page 3 | Barriers in Way of the Ill-Mated

BARRIERS IN WAY , OF THfJlL-ilED Snags That Cannot Be Brushed Aside by Those Who Seek Divorce. BADGER INTRODUCES BILL TO BETTER HUMAN RACE Senator From Salt Lake, in His Bill, Would Prohibit Many From Marrying. Under tho rather Btrinccnt provisions of another divorco measure, introduced by Senator Badger Wednesday, still new barriers arc placed in tho path of tho6o who boo allurement in tho blessings of single life. Under the last proposed measure, only an interlocutor' decree may bo entered by the court, and this does not becomo absolute till after the expiration of six months from tho time, of its entry, and rn' f.bon in e.nso thero ia no anneal from thc decision decreeing the interlocutory inter-locutory order. A marriage contracted withiu tbo time of thc interlocutory period, and before thc afiirmanco of the final decree, is made null and void by thc net proposed After these declarations dec-larations comes a list of the marriages prohibited, which is interesting. Idiots Are Barred. One cannot marry an idiot or lunatic, luna-tic, and bo certain that it will take, and there are also certain diseases, the prespneo in either cntrncting party of which nullify tho marriage. Also, if you arc a man and marry a woman who has epileptic fits, under the proposod law you arc apt ,to discover that the" marriage doesn't go. and that you are. after nil, not married. Thc proposed law, however, points out n remedy fortius, for-tius, if you arc determined to mnny that particular woman. The measure snvs this docs not apply to women over 45 years of age. so your remedy is ens'. Wait. There arc a number of other reasons givon for annulling and wiping from the slate contracted marriages, mar-riages, among them tho facl that the girl is under M and thc bov less than 30 years of age. when oil her of tho contracting pnrtics is already married: when t lie ceremony was performed by an unauthorized person, or ,whcn one of them was otf color, cither black or yellow. Not Easily Reconciled. If Mr. Badger succeods in passing his various divorce or niiti-divorco measures, already before the senate. Utah will be one of the most difficult states in the union in which to get a divorco. The bill introduced by him Tuesday, dealing with this same matter, mat-ter, is one designed to dash the horjes of nnv one who may have been residing resid-ing in Salt Lahc withiu the past, year, in the expectation of securing a severance sever-ance of matrimonial tics, after llio year's residence now prescribed by law, in mnuv cases, as it provides thai, decrees de-crees sliall not issue by default, but tho plaintiff's case shall be sustained by evidence. Opposed to this rule governing the issuance is-suance of decree of divorce, the very first cnusc set forth, for the granting of a decree, hero, as nearly everywhere, both in America, and Europe, i impo-tcucy impo-tcucy before marriage, which, as every attorncv knows, is tho basis of a causo upon which, without tho consent of tho defendant, cannot bo mado a matter of evidence.