SOVIET MARRIAGE LAWS.
United Press Association-By Electrio Telegraph Copyright. Received March 3, noon. United Service. London, Marc h 2 The Soviet marriage laws, of which various versions were published in 1919, are now officially stated. They abolish all religions hindrances such as differences in faith, and recognise only the civil contract, though they do not prohibit church ceremonials. The matrimonial age is fixed at 16 for females and 18 for males. Community ofjproperty is not established,, but each party is compelled to support the other in the event of need or inaoility to wort. Mutual consent, or the desire of either party, suffices as ground for Parental rights must be exclusively exercised for the children’s benefit; The courts are able to abolish the rights If they are misused. Children are invested with sole rights in their own property £,nd,do not share rights in the parent’s property.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12019, 9 March 1920, Page 5
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146SOVIET MARRIAGE LAWS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12019, 9 March 1920, Page 5
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