EPISODE · Feb 12, 2021 · 32 MIN

Michael Higdon on Migratory Divorce

from Ipse Dixit

In this episode, Michael Higdon, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law, discusses his article "If You Grant It, They Will Come: The History and Enduring Legal Legacy of Migratory Divorce." Higdon begins by explaining what migratory divorce is, and why it developed in response to the family law of the 19th and early 20th century. He describes political and legislative responses to migratory divorce, and why the practice eventually came to an end with the adoption of no-fault divorce. And he argues that the story of migratory divorce can illuminate other areas of family law. Higdon is on Twitter at @MichaelJHigdon.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.