Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-30 | Page 2 | Testing Nevada's New Divorce Law

TESTING NEVADA'S NEW DIVORCE LAW Reno, Nev., Jan, 30. Steps to test the constitutionality of the new Nevada Ne-vada divorce law requiring a year's residence to confer jurisdiction, were taken yesterday in the filing in the state district court of the complaint of Pearl E. Culpen, against Lee F. Ciilpen. The parties were married in Lassen county, California, three years ago, and Mrs. Culpen sets forth a residence resi-dence of six months. Culpen Is not a resident of the state. The new law became effective January Jan-uary 1 and provides that when both parties live in the state a residence of six months iB sufficient, but when only one lives here be must be a bona fide resident for twelve months. It is contended by thoBe opposing the law that citizenship in Nevada Is acquired by a six months' residence conferring power to sue in ail courts and that the requirement of twelve months' residence as a pro-requisite to suing for divorce is an unconsti-1 tutional discrimination. I