a lot of celebrities, actresses, rita haworth. a lot of writers got divorced here.t was something where people from every walk of life from the most famous to the people who needed to get out of their marriage came here. the process was formal. they took it seriously. they knew that people were counting on this divorce being final and recognized in other states. the process was straightforward. someone would arrive and meet with their attorney. they would have to hire an attorney. a spouse who did not come would have an attorney in their stead. the person who was staying and establishing residency would have to stay in a place where a witness could testify they had seen them every day of that residency period, that they had not left the state. and then when that was up, which at its fastest was six weeks, they would come to the courthouse, often this court room that we are in, and stand in front of a judge and the witness would testify and explain the reasons they were getting divorced and then they would have their divorce. they would be off. the divorce industry i

vanderbilts, the roosevelts, the rockefellers, a lot of celebrities, actresses like carole lombard, rita hawortha lot of writers got divorced here. it was something where people from every walk of life, from the most famous to people who really needed to get a divorce and get out of their marriage came here. the process for divorce was very formal. they took it very seriously here, because they knew people were counting on this divorce being final and being recognized . the process was very straightforward. someone would arrive and they would meet with their attorney right away. they would have to hire an attorney. a spouse who did not come would have to have an attorney and their stead appearing on their behalf. the person who was establishing residency would then have to stay in a place where a witness could testify that they had seen them every single day of that residency period, that they had not left the state and had been here the whole duration. when that was up, which was at its fastest at six weeks, they would come to the courthouse, this courtroom we are in, stand in front of a judge