How to Get a Divorce in South Dakota

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The requirements for getting vorce in america varied depending on which state you lived in. Some states made it harder than others. For a long time, you couldn't get a divorce in the state of south carolina at all. South dakota had the most permissive divorce laws in the country and su falls was the nicest, most comfortable place to spend almost a year waiting for both residency and then one's actual divorce decree.

This episode picks up where Episode 193 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order.

Blanche Molineux visited her husband while he was in prison for murder to keep up what she called the “ghastly pretense.” But eventually, she couldn’t keep it up anymore, and bought a train ticket to a place called "The Divorce Colony."

April White’s book is The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier.

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