Mazzolini v. Mazzolini

The policy of the law is to sustain marriages, where they are not incestuous, polygamous, shocking to good morals, unalterably opposed to a well -defined public policy, or prohibited.

“It-is well settled that the validity of a marriage must be determined from the lex loci contractus. If valid where solemnized, it is valid elsewhere; if invalid there, it is invalid everywhere.” McDowell v. Sapp, 39 Ohio St., 558, 560; 55 Corpus Juris Secundum, 811, Marriage, Section 4; 35 American Jurisprudence, 284, Section 168.

The marriage in the instant case took place in Massachu*359setts where a union between…