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Show April HILL TOP TIMES 16, 1976 Page 25 Divorce Laws Designed To Afford Relief In Appropriate Cases Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of five articles regarding divorce laws written by a member of the Air Force Reserve attached to the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate. The purpose of this series of articles is to generally explain what legal relief may be available. Of course, it is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive statement on the subject and competent legal counsel should be consulted for particular information or guidance. Three types of arrangements may be achieved to modify the marital relationship. By Maj. Glenn J. Mecham, USAFR The Roman philosopher Plutarch relates that a Roman divorced from his wife was highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" Holding out his shoe, the Roman asked his friends whether it was not new and "Yet," added he, " n0ne of you it can tell where pinches me." Th divorce laws are designed to afford relief in appropriate cases when the "pinch" becomes insufferable and cannot be corrected. They are divorce, annulment, or separate maintenance. In modern usage, a divorce is a judicial dissolution or termination of the bonds of matrimony, because of marital well-mad- e. misconduct or other statutory cause arising after the marriage ceremony with the result that the status of the parties is changed from marriage to that of single persons. Personnel Chief Holds 'Benefits Not Eroding' An action for the annulment of a marriage differs from a divorce in that divorce is instituted to sever a marriage relation admitted to exist, whereas an annulment proceeding is for the purpose of declaring judicially that because of some disability or defect which existed at the time of the marriage ceremony, no valid marriage ever took place between the parties or that no valid marriage relation ever existed between the parties. Actions for separate maintenance and actions for divorce differ from each other in that divorce is one for the dissolution of the marriage relation, while separate maintenance is one in affirmance of it and to enforce the obligation of that relation. They are similar in their nature only in that the marriage relation constitutes the foundation of JJie action in each case. AF on the Commenting "erosion of benefits" question in the April issue of AIRMAN Air Force Magazine, personnel chief Lt. Gen. Kenneth Tallman assures readers that "(Air Force) leadership is not just throwing in the towel," but "will try to protect those benefits deemed essential to maintaining the quality of Air Force life." Recent controversy has centered around possible in housing, changes retirement, commissary, and medical care benefits. "In General reality," Tallman says "there has been very little change in any of these items." 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