| Show f L O Clubs dubs L W Women omens omen s 5 Would Correct Conflicting Marriage Divorce Code N ar r k kI I i fr f f I Yil i i I f Mrs IrH E. E F. F White bite Left LeUf and Dud Sues Mill 1 L I. Ida Hafford lenders lender In n national uniform marriage and md divorce code ode movement fly Dy HARRY B. B T XEA NEA Service Ice Writer WASHINGTON Feb eb 4 Forty Forty nine marriage laws laws and and no two alike Conflicting Ing divorce laws which make children by second marriages while legitimate in some states stat sil il illegitimate illegitimate il- il legitimate in others and m men and women lawfully married In ione e estates states bigamists In others S 'S This situation presents a r prop lem which the women ot of the c States must see solved says G Geral Ge Gei i the LIda Llda Hafford Hatford director of ot eral Federation of ot Women's Clus who will have charge of the fight for a nationally uniform marriage and divorce code Senators and representatives agree that socially this his condition conditions Is s Intolerable Miss Hanford adds I But Dut Pd politically it l i the e right g 1 of t the I individual I 1 states to fix their el elo o own marriage and divorce laws must not be infringed Infringe 1 they contend ev even n though hough this tate right results in a ana na national wrong Our blem therefore is to impress Impress Im- Im press ress on congressmen the vI view w that human luman rights are above state rights r PRESENT MARRIAGE J. LAWS S The need of uniform marriage and divorce laws may be understood from rom a study of ot th the conflicting laws now in force torce Take the laws lawn governing governing governing gov gov- marriage e Seventeen states have no legal ag age In nine states the law common age of ot 12 13 for girls and 14 for boys Is s formally recognized and two states tates fix the marriageable age at 12 2 for tor girls and 14 for tor boys In fort and one state it f Is s 13 for girls and for tor or bo boys s 's while three states permit the he marriage of girls of 16 without parental consent Twenty states prescribe no no P penalty pen ralty n- n alty Hy for Issuing Issuing- a certificate of ot mar marriage to a minor below the sped specified fied fled age without parents' parents cons consent nt In three e states a marriage license Is not needed if the marriage has I been announced previously by bans Only five states require both hoth parties parties par par- ties tieR to apply In person for a license Eighteen s states ates do n not ot forbid marriage of feeble minded and thir thIr- ty-three ty do o not definitely forbid marriages s between blacks and whites Tim TIlE DIVORCE DI TANGLE The conditions governing divorce are no less varied One state permits divorce on fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen grounds while one state does not permit divorce on any ground gro Between these extremes extremes' he grounds for or divorce range from three thre to eleven n Requirements for tor legal res- res de are e are as varied In many states t j is purely perfunctory errs re results of or these laws present lUdl rous many tragic Piet plc- plc t t d' d eg i I i Innocent parties have been dl- dl d when f hen en they have not even known that their husbands or wives were suing them Ono One state may set aside divorces secured elsewhere because of illegal residence or service service ser ser- vice claims Persons thus divorced have remarried thinking they were free tree to do so and have had har children I I Iby by hese these second marriages only to I find these children by bythe Jy the annulment annulment annul annul- ment of at the second marriage il illegitimate illegitimate il- il legitimate f RED PREPARE Ir FOR n BEST DEST I. I Enactment of a nath national nal uniform carriage r and divorCe law will do lo I justice to aH rich all rich or poor young ovoid orold ov or old oid male or female comments Miss Hafford And above all justice to tho the children she adds jr Such a a. law has r by Mrs Edward Edward Fran f. f yf t f S- S is legislative x t the the- General General Fed Fe d raU n Vy qC opal ni I ra Ws' Ws os Clubs and assistant t nt y g geng er pf of Indiana na It w co congress probably by Senator Capper Capper Cap Cap- per in the the senate and n p c enta tivo tiro v h I Seven tf are arc If e lined d u. u up behind the 11 proposal sa These are I If General ft Fe er of f Women's Clubs Nat National league of ot Women Voters National tt Congress of or Mothers Mothers Moth Moth- ers and T Teachers Parent association n Vom Women's ns n's Christian n Temp Temperance Unior Un Un- American Home Economics association as- as National Pede Federation atton of ot Business and Professional Women and Daughters of ot the American Revolution TIlE THE LAW Chief provisions of the he bill are 1 No marriage without a license licence for tor which application must be made two weeks in advance both parties to be he present Notice of published 2 Marriageable age with consent COMent of parents 16 for 18 for tor boys boy legal lega a age asre e. e without consent IS 18 for I girls 21 for tor boys I Z 2 Marriage of ot Imbeciles Insane J t 1 feeble minded epileptics paupers o or persons afflicted with tuberculosis tuberculoses sis ses or venereal disease or relatives relative as close as first cousins forbidden 4 Divorces only on grounds o ot of adultery cruelty or Inhuman treatment treatment treat treat- ment failure to provide for on one year incurable insanity and commission commission commission com com- com com- mission by either par party y of ot infamous crime rime No divorces where evidence exists that grounds have been provided provided provided pro pro- vided by collusion 6 5 Defendants in divorce proceedIngs proceedIngs proceedings proceed proceed- Ings must appear or be represented in court A divorce granted in on ono one state shall shan be bd recognized in all |
