Show r foreign divorces RE DECENTLY a los angeles judge refused to recognize reco gaize a decree of 11 divorce obtained in paris said he this defendant just thinh he was divorced As a matter ot of fact he be i was as not diio divorced reed at all al for I 1 now declare the decree to have been invalid Defend defendant was not in good faith a resident of paris at the time it is apparent ho he simply went ent there to obtain this decree here is a real daniel come to judgment it if ho he is correct in w declaring such divorces as illegal then wo we have a pretty kettle of fish in the united states there are thousands of such divorces been obtained in m other countries by bv arror leans who went there for no other purpose and who returned returned just as boon soon as the decree ii was as issued some of our citizens more mire or less or notorious whichever heier adjective e suits the best both male and female have haie secured such decrees and remarried some of them more than once some years ago they simply went to other states like nevada and north dakota for that pur purpose poe but when divorce became less easy there they took to foreign lands where a quick severance seier ance of the nuptial kot k n ot was as possible but ii whether hether from one state to another or from tho the united states to mexico or nicaragua or franc the purpose was the same the construct constructive ii e residence acquired v as no more genuine than the one in this case they did not go there to live but to remain only long enough to comply with mth tho the legal requirement for and hen ben back home usually to be married immediately to somebody already picked out t if such divorce decrees are void for lack of good faith what a void there must be and i what hat solomon could untangle the marital relations of those who lave hane gone through the process several tamest the constitution requires that full faith and credit be accorded the courts of one state by those of other states but it docs does not require like respect for foreign courts A marriage is a contract nn alien court should have ba e the power pou or to annul a contract entered into in this country between two citizens of this country if all orr courts acted on that theory shain shaya foreign div di arces would cease to allure allare our hurry in and burr out citizens |