CASS COUNTY, INDIANA
DIVORCE NOTICES
DIVORCE LAWS.
By some mistake or liberal design, the early statute laws of Indiana on the subject of divorce were rather more loose
than those of most other States in this Union; and this subject had been a matter of so much jest among the public,
that in 1870 the Governor recommended to the Legislature a reform in this direction, which was pretty effectually carried out.
Since that time divorces can be granted only for the following causes:
1. Adultery.
2. Impotency existing at the time of marriage.
3. Abandonment for two years.
4. Cruel and inhuman treatment of one party by the other.
5. Habitual drunkenness of either party, or the failure of the husband to make reasonable provision for the family.
6 The failure of the husband to make reasonable provision for the family for a period of two years.
7. The conviction of either party of an infamous crime.
Vera A. Shelley vs Charles F. Shelly – divorce filed
Contributed by Linda Dietz Logansport Pharos- Reporter Jan 6, 1916
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