SOVIET LAWS
MARRIAGE ORDINANCES
DIVORCE AT WILL
ONLY CIVIL CONTRACT RECOGNISED. (UNITED miiSS ASSOCIATION.—COPIBIQHIO (ADSTRAUAX - NEW ZEALAND CAOLI! ASSOCIATES.) (Received March 8, 12 noon.) LONDON, 2nd March. The Soviet marriage laws, of which various versions wez'o published in 1919, are now officially stated. They abolish j all religious hindrances, such as differences of faith, and recognise oniy the civil contract, though they do not prohibit church ceremonials. The matrimonial age is fixed at sixteen years for females and eighteen years for males. Community of property is not established, bat each party is compelled to support the other in the event of need or inability to work. Mutual consent or the desire of either party is sufficient ground fo^ divorce. Parental rights mast be exercised exclusively, for the children's benefit. The Courts are able to abolish the rights if they are misused. The children are invested with the sole rights to their own property; but do not share rights to their parents' property. ,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 57, 8 March 1920, Page 7
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162SOVIET LAWS Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 57, 8 March 1920, Page 7
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