The wife is bound to live with the husband wherever he may fix his residence.
A wife cannot, without her husband’s permission, go to law, make any contract, or acquire goods, nor alienate or pledge goods without such permission. The wife may, of course, in certain cases, such as divorce, acquire judicial authorization for prosecuting or defending a suit in the courts.
Divorce.—The courts of the Argentine Republic grant divorces, but in effect they only amount to a personal separation of the parties to a marriage, without the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony.
These so-called divorces are granted for the following causes:
1. Adultery of the husband or wife.
2. Attempt by one of the parties on the life of the other, either personally or as an accomplice.
3. The instigation of one of the parties by the other to commit adultery or other crimes.
4. Cruelty.
5. Serious injuries. In estimating the gravity of the injury the judge will take into consideration the education and social position of the parties.
6. Such ill-treatment, even if not serious, as renders married life unsupportable.