UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS
FEDERAL MOVE I — : — \i CANBERRA, January 2b. The Commonwealth' Government will consider the question of uniform divorce laws for Australia, stated the Prime Minister, Mr Curtin. At the Premiers' Conference, Mr Cooper, of Queensland, said that at present a woman deserted in one State bad to seek a divorce in the State to which her husband had gone, instead of being able to institute proceedings in the State' in which she was domiciled when deserted. The New South Wales Premier, Mr McKell, said the internal domicile problem was accentuated by marriages between Australian girls and American and other Allied servicemen. \t present Australian girls deserted by American husbands could get no redress
unless thev travelled to the State of their husband's domicile in America. Tue Attorney-General, Dr &vatt, said that, even' if the Australian law provided that Australian wives married to Allied servicemen were able to take divorce proceedings within Australia the divorce might not be recognised outside Australia. However, the rights of wives would be recognised within Australia, which would meet most cases.
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Evening Star, Issue 25084, 27 January 1944, Page 6
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177UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS Evening Star, Issue 25084, 27 January 1944, Page 6
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