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"Ah, the golden age of Hollywood. The women were glamorous, the men made you swoon - and apparently, when they were ready to trade in their spouse and be free again, they went to - of all places - Alabama. What made this part of the south such a draw for people trying to get unshackled from the bonds of holy matrimony? It turns out that in 1945, Alabama abolished it&amp;#039;s former requirement for one year of residency. After that, you could divorce in Alabama after only a twenty-four hour wait. Residency was required, but there was no shortage of small-time lawyers who were willing to swear to their client&amp;#039;s residency status - for a handsome fee, of course.  That all came to an end in 1970, when several of those type of lawyers were indicted. A few years prior to that, the Bar Commission of Alabama added to its code of ethics a section prohibiting attorneys from taking part in quickie divorces. Once indictments started coming down in association with these type of actions, lawyers began adhering to the code and the divorce-in-a-day trips to Alabama became a thing of the past. I learned that little historical tidbit from this article by Kelly Kazek on AL.com, as part of a historical series she&amp;#039;s chronicling. I love this kind of oddball history. It almost sounds like the plot of a great old Hollywood movie, doesn&amp;#039;t it? Boy meets girl, after a whirlwind courtship, boy marries girl. Then boy and girl quarrel and decide to get a quickie Alabama divorce, their car breaks down in the middle of a rural area, hijinks ensue with colorful locals. Soon they fall in love again and live happily ever after. Too bad they never made that movie. Too bad it doesn&amp;#039;t work like that in real life. Not that a divorce-in-a-day isn&amp;#039;t tempting, mind you. I could use a road trip! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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