Multiple Divorcees Appearing in the District Court in Krakow in the Years 1918-1945 Cover Image

Wielokrotni rozwodnicy na wokandzie Sądu Okręgowego w Krakowie w latach 1918–1945
Multiple Divorcees Appearing in the District Court in Krakow in the Years 1918-1945

Author(s): Zdzisław Zarzycki
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Austrian Civil Code (ABGB); personal marriage law; divorce; divorce in the Austrian law; divorce in Poland in the years 1918–1945

Summary/Abstract: Among those who claimed a divorce the years 1918–1945 in the District Court in Krakow, were mainly those for whom it was the first marriage that they wished to dissolve. The number of other cases, that is spouses for whom it was the second or else a successive marriage, amounted to around 13%. Generally, we can talk of five (or maybe six) cases of divorce proceedings between spouses whose previous marriages ceased to exist in the effect of a divorce. Taking into consideration the sex of the spouses claiming for divorce, one should observe that in three cases it was women whose previous marriages had ceased in the effect of a divorce, who were now asking for divorce (Cg I 687/21, I Cg 259/30 and I C 301/43), in two cases it was men (I C 1163/35, I C 114/40) and in one case, both spouses had already been divorced before (I C 442/39). It turns out that five out of six cases had ended in a divorce judgment (I Cg 259/30, I C 1163/35, I C 442/39, I C 301/43 and I C 114/40), and one case ended in a withdrawal of the petition for divorce and a discontinuance of legal proceedings (Cg I 687/21).

  • Issue Year: 7/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 287-298
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish