Show V 7 Lr Lw I 7 Constitutional Amendment for Federal Control of Marriage and Divorce By DEAN C. C J. J HILKE Drake University Law College A national law entirely ly repealing the common nimon law and providing for tOl the ages of r c consent and t the e publication tion of t the Q banns bann a reason reasonable ble pe period l b before t the tho Q m marriage g a ta Ja e P. P place lac e together to Nt ih requirements r of health certificates given by a reputable physician would do much to I solve our matrimonial and divorce tangle It is possible to be single in one one state and married in another 11 How nu such ouch national slipshodness can be expected to induce in the tIle young Joung any honor for the institution of marriage is more than I can Bee see fh Thip r question of federal control of marriage and divorce has been b before beloN the American people for many years the forty eight states have practically forty eight different views of the subject Und Under Tinder r our present system system- wi without hout an nn unwarranted extension oi 01 the of by construction the powers congress federal government d docs dx es snot not have jurisdiction over marriage and divorce within the states Therefore a constitutional am amendment giving congress such will win have to be ho adopted and Dud the sooner this is done the better it tt wil wit t Ve le e for our national welfare I JJ J. J I |