3. The concealment by one spouse of information concerning a plot to kill the other spouse.
4. Penal servitude incurred by either spouse, under a sentence of at least eight years.
5. Apostasy from the Christian religion.
6. Deliberate desertion persisted in for three years.
7. Flight from Servia followed by absence of at least four years.
8. Absence without news for six years.
A decree of divorce or a decree annulling a marriage must always be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the ecclesiastical courts.
Effects of Divorcement.—The innocent party to a divorce suit may contract a new marriage, but the guilty party is forbidden to remarry during the lifetime of the innocent party.
Usually each party regains such goods and effects as he or she brought to the alliance.
Custody of Children.—Boys under four years and girls under seven are given, as a rule, to the mother’s custody. After that they are given to the custody of the father.