• disappearance
  • - 2-41ss, 48ss, 55ss, 62ss, 74ss, 77ss
  • - absent person 2-43
  • - circumstances of danger 2-58ss, Civil Law Countries, Socialist Countries 2-59ss
  • - competing interests 2-44ss
  • - consequences 2-62ss, 65ss, 70ss, 73
  • - criteria 2-55ss, common Law Countries 2-57
  • - death 2-41s
  • - declaration of absence 2-51s
  • - declaration of death 2-50, 52, 70
  • - declaration of disappearance 2-52
  • - definition 2-41ss
  • - marriage 2-70ss
  • - missing person 2-45
  • - nature 2-47
  • - parental authority 2-73
  • - presumed continuation of life 2-64
  • - presumption of death 2-53s, 62s, 3-47, common Law Countries 2-53s, 65
  • - presumption of paternity 2-73
  • - procedural protection 2-74ss
  • - procedure 2-49ss
  • - property 2-65ss
  • - relatives 2-44ss
  • - remarriage 2-72; 3-47
  • - simultaneous death 2-77ss, 82, France, United Kingdom 2-80, United States of America 2-81
  • - spouse 3-47
  • - systems of regulation 2-48ss, Continental European Countries 2-49ss
  • - time factors 2-42, 56ss
  • - types 2-41
  • - World War II 2-47
  • - see also children; civil status registration; divorce; marriage; persons
• divorce
  • - Introd.-18; 1-96ss; 2-160; 5-1ss, 115ss, 129ss, 134ss; 10-178ss; 11-51ss, 93ss, 147ss, Anglo-American 5-121, African Countries 11-278s, Albania 10-180, Bulgaria 10-181, Brazil 5-89, 101ss, Canada 5-8ss, California 5-4ss, Switzerland 5-78ss, 85, China 5-114; 10-182, Cuba 10-182, Czechia 10-183, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-29ss, 43, Denmark 5-91ss, 95, Algeria 5-118, Spain 5-86ss, 89, France 5-65ss, 77, United Kingdom 5-11ss, 21, Hungary 10-184, Ireland 5-52ss, 54a, Israel 5-122; 11-66, 93ss, India 5-123ss, 128; 11-185ss, Islamic Countries Introd.-24, 5-115ss, 128; 11-147ss, Japan 5-106ss, 113, Couisiana 5-55ss, 59, Malaysia 5-119, Netherlands 5-44ss, 47, Norway 5-96ss, 100, New York 5-60ss, 64, Pakistan 5-120, Poland 10-185, Romania 10-186, Russian Federation 10-187, Sweden 5-48ss, 51, Slovakia 10-183, Socialist Countries 5-2; 10-156ss, 178ss, 189, 247, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union 10-178s, Taiwan 5-114, United States of America 5-3, Yugoslavia 10-188, South Africa 5-22ss, 27
  • - administrative decree; Denmark 5-93, 95, Norway 5-98
  • - alimony; India 11-188
  • - arbitration committee 5-157
  • - asserted grounds for divorce 5-138s
  • - bars to divorce 5-142ss; 11-53ss
  • - bigamy; India 5-125
  • - birth name of wife 2-161
  • - breakdown of marriage 1-98, 104, Brazil 5-89, Canada 5-8s, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-30, Denmark 5-92, Spain 5-89, France 5-65, 70, United Kingdom 5-12s, Norway 5-97s, South Africa 5-22ss, see also infra irretrievable
  • - brideprice; African Countries 11-279
  • - children 5-156, Brazil 5-105, Canada 5-8, California 5-6, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-41, Denmark 5-94, Spain 5-90, United Kingdom 5-17, Ireland 5-53, Japan 5-112, Couisiana 5-58, Netherlands 5-45s, Norway 5-99, New York 5-63, Sweden 5-50, South Africa 5-26, 28
  • - case law; Socialist Countries 10-196ss
  • - classification; Socialist Countries 10-192ss
  • - clean break principle 5-1, 132s, 153
  • - comparative summary 5-134ss
  • - compulsory divorce; Israel 11-95
  • - consequences 5-152ss, Brazil 5-105, California 5-6, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-36ss, 43, Denmark 5-94, Spain 5-90, United Kingdom 5-16ss, Ireland 5-54, Japan 5-112s, Couisiana 5-58, Netherlands 5-46, Norway 5-99s, New York 5-63, Sweden 5-50, Socialist Countries 10-207s, South Africa 5-26, 28
  • - contractual divorce; Israel 5-122
  • - countries without divorce; ARgemtoma, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain 1-101, Ireland 1-101, 5-52ss, Liechtenstein, Malta, Portugal 1-101, Quebec 5-10
  • - court orders; Ireland 5-54
  • - customary law; South Africa 5-27
  • - damage/threat to marriage 1-99s
  • - definition; Socialist Countries 10-179
  • - demande reconventionnelle; France 5-71
  • - divorce agreements 5-150, California 5-7, United Kingdom 5-19, Sweden 5-51
  • - equal shares 5-154, Sweden 5-50s
  • - equalization of benefits; Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-38, Netherlands 5-46
  • - equalization of property increases; Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-40
  • - equitable distribution; New York 5-63
  • - equity 5-154
  • - evidence; Socialist Countries 10-205
  • - extra-judicial divorce; India 11-185ss
  • - family home; Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-39, Ireland 5-54, Couisiana 5-58, Sweden 5-50
  • - fault divorce 5-134ss, Switzerland 5-78ss, Denmark 5-92, Spain 5-86ss, France 5-65, 74ss, 77, United Kingdom 5-12, India 5
  • - 124s, Couisiana 5-55, 57, Norway 5-96ss, New York 5-60ss
  • - grounds for divorce 1-97ss; 5-134ss, 138s; 11-51, Brazil 5-102s, 104, Canada 5-9, Switzerland 5-78, 80, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-30ss, Denmark 5-91s, Spain 5-87, France 5-65, United Kingdom 5-12, Israel 11-94, India 5-124s, 11-187, Islamic Countries 5-116, Japan 5-107, Couisiana 5-56s, Netherlands 5-45, New York 5-61s, Sweden 5-49, Socialist Countries 10-189ss, South Africa 5-23ss
  • - hardship for spouse 5-147, Switzerland 5-84, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-30, 35
  • - irretrievable breakdown of marriage; Canada 5-8, California 5-5, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-30ss, France 5-70, 72, United Kingdom 5-12, Ireland 5-53, Netherlands 5-45, South Africa 5-24, 27
  • - Jewish law 5-122; 11-93ss
  • - judicial annulment; Islamic Countries 11-149
  • - judicial decision; Denmark 5-93, Japan 5-111, Norway 5-98
  • - judicial supervision 5-131
  • - legal remedies; Socialist Countries 10-206
  • - matrimonial judge; France 5-67
  • - mediation; United Kingdom 5-15, Ireland 5-53, Japan 5-109
  • - modern phenomenon 1-103
  • - mutual consent 5-106ss, 149, 157, Brazil 5-101s, Switzerland 5-81s, 85, China 5-114, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-33, 42, Spain 5-89, France 5-65ss, 68s, India 5-127, Islamic Countries 5-116; 11-150, Japan 5-106, 108, Couisiana 5-59, Netherlands 5-45, Taiwan 5-114
  • - mutual fault; France 5-75
  • - no-fault divorce 5-4ss, 134ss, California 5-5ss, Canada 5-8ss, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-29ss, Denmark 5-92, Spain 5-86ss, France 5-65ss, United Kingdom 5-12, India 5-126, Couisiana 5-55s, Netherlands 5-44ss, New York 5-60ss, Sweden 5-48ss, South Africa 5-22ss
  • - orphans of divorce 1-102
  • - polygamous marriage; South Africa 5-27
  • - procedures; Brazil 5-102, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-42, Denmark 5-93, France 5-67, 69, 71, United Kingdom 5-14s, Israel 11-96, Japan 5-107, Socialist Countries 10-200ss
  • - property increases; Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-40
  • - property notions 5-155
  • - quasi-judicial decree; Japan 5-110
  • - quick divorce 5-1, 130, 140s, California 5-5, United Kingdom 5-19, Netherlands 5-45, Sweden 5-48ss, 51
  • - reconciliation; Canada 5-8, Ireland 5-53, Socialist Countries 10-202ss, South Africa 5-24
  • - reforms; Switzerland 5-79, United Kingdom 5-20s, Islamic Countries 11-151
  • - religious law 5-115ss, 122ss, 128, 129ss, 133; 11-51ss, 147ss
  • - remarriage; Norway 5-97, South Africa 5-26
  • - repudiation; Islamic Countries 5-116ss, 157, 11-147ss, 153
  • - role of fault; China Introd.-22
  • - secular law 5-2ss, 129ss, 133
  • - separation 1-110; 5-8, 24, 32, 34, 44, 55, 61s, 88, 91, 93, 97, 101, 103s; 11-44, Brazil 5-101, 103s, Canada 5-8ss, Switzerland 5-83s, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-32, 34, Denmark 5-91, 93, Spain 5-88, Ireland 5-53, Israel 11-97, Couisiana 5-55, Netherlands 5-44, Norway 5-97, New York 5-61s, South Africa 5-24
  • - sociological aspects 1-96ss
  • - spousal support; Brazil 5-105, Canada 5-8, California 5-6, Federal Republic of Germany; Germany 5-37ss, Denmark 5-94, Spain 5-90, United Kingdom 5-18, Japan 5-112, Couisiana 5-58, Netherlands 5-45s, Norway 5-99, New York 5-63, Sweden 5-50s, Socialist Countries 10-114ss, South Africa 5-26, 28
  • - statistical development 1-105ss
  • - summary procedure 5-1, California 5-7
  • - termination of marriage; Socialist Countries 10-156ss
  • - Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act (UMDA); United States of America 5-3
  • - use of spouse’s name 2-160ss
  • - waivers 5-151
  • - see also community property systems; family law; formation of marriage; interspousal relations; marital property law; marriage; names; separation of ownership and control; surname
• domicile
  • - 2-233ss, 240s, 242, 243ss, 326
  • - abandonment 2-248
  • - change of domicile 2-258
  • - children 2-254ss
  • - civil servants 2-266
  • - clergy 2-266
  • - concept 2-243
  • - definition 2-233s
  • - dependent persons 2-254ss
  • - domicile by operation of law 2-252ss, Israel, Scandinavian Countries 2-253
  • - domicile of choice 2-243ss
  • - establishment 2-244ss
  • - forced residence 2-267
  • - incapacitated adults 2-260s
  • - lack of domicile 2-249s, common Law Countries, United States of America 2-250
  • - legal domicile 2-266
  • - married women 2-262ss
  • - meaning 2-233
  • - multiple domiciles 2-251
  • - nationality 2-326, 333, 352
  • - original domicile 2-259
  • - orphans 2-257
  • - persons with special status 2-266
  • - private international law 2-239s
  • - sailors 2-266
  • - scope 2-235ss, 242
  • - servants 2-265
  • - soldiers 2-266
  • - see also children; interspousal relations; marriage; nationality; persons; residence

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