SOVIET COURT TO TIGHTEN LAWS AGAINST DIVORCE
LONDON, October 3. The Soviet Supreme Court has decided to make it-harder for Russians to get a divorce, said the Moscow radio to-day. Early in the Communist regime either the husband or the wife could get a divorce merely by filing a notice with the proper authorities. This resulted in such a wave of divorces that the Government became alarmed, and began to tighten the laws. From now on, divorces will be granted, first, when a divorce is sought “for serious and well-founded motives”, and, secondly, when the marriage “contradicts the principles of Communist morality and there can be no re-establishment, of normal conditions for cohabitation and the upbringing of children”. The broadcast said the court’s decision must give the population respect for marriage, “based on the lofty principles of Communist morality upheld by the Soviet law”.
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Grey River Argus, 5 October 1949, Page 8
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