The United Kingdom has been stirred for the past few weeks over the proposals before Parliament for! modification of the existing divorce laws.
The present British divorce law is of Biblical foundation, being traced to two texts in St. Matthew—' which by its opponents are said io be admittedly obscure and disputed. It assumes that divorce in virtually no circumstances can be justified unless unfaithfulness is proved.
The contention of the opponents of this law is that, first it is a law for the rich and not for the poor, as under it divorce courts can sit only in London. This is likely to mean fa large bill of expense for any one seeking divorce who lives at a distance from the capital, as it must mean travelling expenses not only for the principal and legal advisers but for witnesses. Under the proposed bill nearly a hundred places are named at which divorce case sittings may be held.
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