DIVORCE IN FRANCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1340, 13 September 1886, Page 2

DIVORCE IN FRANCE.

The law establishing divorce in France came into force on the 2?th of July, 1884, and the statistics relating to the administration of. justice in that year, which have recently been published, show to what extent the new law was taken advantage of in the first fire months of its being in force. During that period 1773 petitions for divorce were lodged, but out of this total all but 124 were for converting a separation Into a divorce. The total number of petitions for a separtion was 3660, or 49 fewer than in 1883 ; but of tiuse petitions 386 were baaed upon an allegation of adultsry as against only 198 attributed to the same cause in the previous year. In 84 cases out of 100 the petition was lodged by the wife. In more than half the petitions for divorce there was no issue by the marriage. No definite information is furnished as to the profession of the different petitioners. But 2821 separations were granted, while 1657 of the petitions for divorce were successful. Out of ilka total6ol divorces and 723 separations were granted in Paris, while of the other departments In France, five (the Aribgo, the Cental, the Cor.feze, 'the Lozbre, and the Savoie) had not a single divorce case la the first year.