FREEDOM OF CHOICE

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1932, Page 6

FREEDOM OF CHOICE

MARRIAGE LL IN FRANCE. PARIS, December 24. The Finch Senate, is simrtiy to F asked to pass,a bill, already adopted by the Chamber, making it possi.olo tor lnencl. citizens who have reached the age of 21 to marry without the conent of their 'parents. Curiously enough, although «■ Frjichman may vote when he, is and a 1' retichwoman may assume a Lir.it age the responsibility °1 an} linan . cial transaction, they may not wed until they are, 25 without the consul of ,at least one of their parents unless thyy go through a complicated procedure. In the past hfty years tie law on this matter has been constantly -allered in the direction of destroying ' Ifißoman tradition that the child I s subject to the father’s authority for it is interesting to find M. Edonyid Levy, one of the greatest authorities in ,Franco on legal relationships, condeirming the old tradition of f K “marriage do convcnancc.” Lie s< 1 that if persons who have reached their majority were allowed o,lt,re freedom in regard to marriage, there, would be many more liapp.v and lasting unions in France.