As a dispense, popular Sever marriage is a violently controversial legal instrument in Austria in the inter-war period. As a provincial leader Albert Sever allowed the so-called "Sever marriages", the remarriage of divorced Catholics. According to the ecclesiastical principles, a second marriage is still prohibited to this day. A compulsory civilian with the possibility of divorce did not exist in Austria before 1938, the regulations were directed according to the respective confession. This had been enforced by the Catholic Church and the Christian Social Party. By means of regulation Sever created the possibility, however, of the prohibition of the prohibition on this prohibition. Thus "wild" marriages could be made state-recognized.
The Constitutional Court (VfGH) and the Supreme Court (OGH) were at odds in this case. The OGH saw Sever's ordinance and the subsequent remarriage of divorced persons as invalid, the VfGH declared it valid. More than 15,000 couples made use of this possibility of dispensing with the marriage of the existing marriage. They spoke of the so-called "Sever-marriages". The Constitutional Court, which considered the dispensaries to be valid, was then "depolitized" in 1929 with effect from 15 February 1930 and a new appointment of the constitutional judges appointed for life. The distinguished constitutionalist Hans Kelsen, who was regarded as the "father of the Constitutional Court," but also as a supporter of Dispense, was no longer included in the circle of judges. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext
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