National Affairs: 90-Day Divorce

The big barren State of Nevada was hard pressed last week to maintain its monopoly of the U. S. divorce market. Other States, covetous of the profits to be made out of divorce-hunting visitors, began liberalizing their divorce statutes to match the 90-day Nevada provision which made Reno a national byword.

First to come abreast of Nevada in the race was Arkansas whose Governor Parnell signed a measure, effective June 12, to reduce the residence period from one year to 90 days. Close behind Arkansas came Idaho. Its legislature passed a 90-day divorce law....

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