Were patriot women allowed to legally divorce their husbands ?
Ralph Haughwout Folsom , a professor of Chinese law , international trade , and international business transactions at the University of San Diego , and , John H. Minan , a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and a law professor at the University of San Diego , argue that the Marriage Law of 1950 allowed for much flexibility in the refusal of divorce when only one party sought it .