The Couple Who Couldn't Stay Divorced
A local woman secures her second divorce from the same man, prompting a judge to suggest they will likely marry a third time.
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Twice divorced from the same husband as well as having a decree of separate maintenance is the marital record of Mrs. Knight of 333 Vernon avenue. She secured the last divorce yesterday from H. N. Knight, the defendant in the suit. Here is the woman's matrimonial record: Married March 30, 1898; divorced the same year; remarried the same year; decree of separate maintenance in 1902; divorce yesterday. 'She probably will marry him again,' commented Judge Tuley. 'She has married him twice already, and I see no reason why she won't marry him again if he should ask her.'
“She has married him twice already, and I see no reason why she won't marry him again if he should ask her.”
While divorce rates are higher today, the cycle of on-again-off-again relationships remains a fixture of human complexity. This legal record from the archives captures a moment of cynical judicial observation that still echoes in modern courtrooms.
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