A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[430] Act of March 10, 1874: Gross, Stat. of Ill., 1818-74 (3d ed., 1872-74), III, 176.

[431] Hurd, Rev. Stat. (1898), 631-34. Cf. Rev. Stat. (1845), 196, 197; and Starr and Curtis, Ann. Stat. (1896), II, 1435-55.

[432] Act of 1812: Territorial Laws of Mich., I, 183.

[433] Act of Nov. 13, 1819: Territorial Laws of Mich., I, 495-98; cf. the act of Apr. 12, 1827: ibid., II, 363-66, repeating the provisions given in the text from the act of 1816.

[434] Act of June 28, 1832: Ter. Laws of Mich., III, 931, 932.

[435] Act of Apr. 4, 1833: Ter. Laws of Mich., III, 1005-7.

[436] Rev. Stat. (1838), 336, 337.

[437] Acts (1844), 74.

[438] The Rev. Stat. (1846), 333, make the term of desertion two years for either absolute or limited divorce. The Acts (1847), 168, 169, lengthen the period to five years for absolute divorce and three years for partial divorce. But these changes are repealed by Acts (1848), 194.

[439] Howell, Gen. Stat. (1882-83), II, 1621-30; Miller, Comp. Laws (1899), III, 2653-66; cf. Acts (1851), 71, 72. The partial divorce may, as originally, be "forever or for a limited time."