Remedy for the Divorce Evil: A Proposed Federal Marriage and Divorce Law


 

Publication Date: August 1913

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Research Area: Law and ethics; Social conditions

Keywords: policy; divorce; family; law

Type: Newsletter

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues that the lax divorce laws of states such as South Dakota, in combination with the constitutional full faith and credit clause, undermine homes and families. The author proposes a constitutional amendment granting the national legislature the power to establish marriage and divorce laws for the entire country.

In Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities 1913-1914, Baltimore, Vol.IV:1, ed. Lee F. Frankel.