DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 224, 15 June 1908, Page 8

DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.

In the course of an-article in thp' ''Fortnightly Review," on the- Colonial Jldrriagcs Act, 1906, and the Deceased .... Act, 1907, the writer, Mr.- E. S. P..'JJayncs,fdraws attention to the still unsatisfactory..r~~ ■ state of tho English lam,.with regardUo di- . vorce. It is true that-iriarriage.i w.itn! ft .de- 1 - . ceased wife's sistor in i the colonies.!! is f-now recognised as valid by the law of England,..* but there are other disabilities and 'anomalies which, in tho opinion of tho contributor,afford urgent reason for; a-statutoryjeiiactr! y-j----meut on the subject of divorce iii.-Eifeland.',,-, For instance, in some' colonies .and.iiifsome. foreign countries, notably Italy,:; a . TOman' may legally marry hor deceased -'husband's.* > brother. But if she docs so.her children by that marriage will bo illegitimate; in England. , H ( 7/, '* Also desertion is a ground for-.dirorco ew South Wales, and other Australian -'Sjatcs But if a person who has obtained[aidivorcoi ; in Australia marries again, tho.; child)jn of tho sccond marriage will bo illegitimate mi , England, where desertion is ~nftt a'lejjzfc. ; ground for divorce. And thoro arc' ithen?') anomalies in'-tho English law, o£o' « so much litigation/ especially on; tho.'qUes-es. ■ tion of domicile, that tW nlo'n fnr.i.i'- Minnrf-ojl hensive statute in Englandfounded. "It is women the contributor, who suffer K +w ° c .9" fusio ''i and .surely! it i s time j that something should be done'for tneni- ... i " ; ' ' ■ If -'i (.U f l ! l' 8 ®