Show nE Ia DIVORCE I REFORM Philadelphia Press n Delaware lawal I is tIme the first state slate to adopt somo of time the more important reforms Corms In divorce orco procedure recommended by the National Divorce conIS con con- gross gress chamber Stai-chamber r hearings will no lon longer er be tolerated there hero The trial must take place llac In public rime Tho ar argument lImont In n favor of oC this change was vas that publicity was vas the most effective of collusion between th tIme the parties while at tI the S same mimic me time It acted in mall many cases as a deterrent against t the tho permanent separation of married couples There Then is Js undoubted force in the claim that with compulsory com coin h hearings 9 in open court the tendency to seek seel di divorcE divorce divorce di- di vorce on trivial grounds will bo be checked and that there thero will be he a greater effort at for forgiveness and reconciliation Another forward step taken by the little Diamond state is to prevent re the granting of or a final decree until tho the lapse apse of one ono year after neter lh the decision of oC time the court This safeguard against t fraud flaud Is also ono one of or the reforms ur urged by jy time the Divorce con congress The principle has hs been applied itt in it Ne New c York Yori for a number of years cars though with a shorter short short- Cl er time lime limit lInit Divorce Di litigation in Delaware and the matrimonial statistics In g general will be watched with interest from now low on Delaware has hM the proud distinction of oC I leading In n the h practical steps toward tho the eradication of oC the themore themore more glaring divorce evils I |