1, Marriage is annulled by petition of both parties or even one of them.
2. Tha above petition is submitted, according to the rules of local juris: diction to the local court.
Note. A declaration of annulment of marriage by mutual consent may be filed directly with the department of registration of marriages in which a record of that marriage la kept, which department makes an entry' of the annulment of the marriage in the re: cord and issues a certificate, 3. On the dav appointed for the examination of the petition for the annulment of marriage, the local judge summons both parties or their solicitors.
4. If the residence of the party who is to be summoned is unknown, the petitioner is allowed to file the petition for annulment of marriage in the place of resideness of the absent party—last Known to the petitioner, or in the pi of residence of the petitioner,—stating to the court, however, the last known place of resideness of the defendant, 5. If the place of residence of the party who is to be summoned is un Known, then the day for the trial of the case is set not earlier than the ex. piration of two months from the date of the publication of a notice of sum. mons in the local Government gazette, and the summons is sent to the address. of the last known place of residence of the defendant given by the peti: tioner.
Having convinced himself that tha petition for the annulment of the mar. riage realy comes from both purties or from one of them, the jude personally and singly renders the decision of the annulment of the marriage and issues a certificate thereof to the parties, At the same time, the judge transmits a copy of his decision to the department of gistration of marriages where the annulled marriage was performed and where the book containing record of the marriage is kept, 7 When annulling a marriage by mutual consent, the parties are obliged. te state in their petition what surnames the divorced parties and their children are to bear in the future. But when dissolving the marriage by the petition of one of the parties, and in the absence of an understanding about tins matter between the parties, the divorced parties preserva their own' surnames, and the surname of the children is determined by the judge, and in case of disagreement of the parties, by the local court, 8. In case the parties are agreed on the matter, the ~judge simultaneously with the decision "of annulment of.the marriage, determines with which of the parents the minor children begotten of the marriage shall ite ing which the parents, must ie expense of intennca and' education "of the:
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