divorce, and shall transmit not later than within three days thereafter a copy of his decision to the local Bureau of Vital Statistics, or to any other institution wherein the marriage so dissolved was registered.
98. The decision of the local court in an action for the dissolution of marriage may be appealed from in the usual manner to the Court of Cassation[1] and shall not take effect until the expiration of the time for appealing to the Court of Cassation, unless the parties to the action have waived their intention to appeal.
99. No action for the dissolution of a marriage shall be commenced after the death of one of the parties thereto or after the annulment of the marriage; a pending action shall be terminated by the death of one of the parties, or by the annulment of the marriage.
Chapter V
Rights and Duties of Spouses
100. The parties to a marriage shall possess a common surname (a surname by matrimony). At the time of the marriage they shall determine whether they will adopt the husband's (bridegroom's) or wife's (bride's) or their joint surname.
101. The parties to a marriage shall keep their surname by matrimony during the continuance of the state of marriage and also after the dissolu-
- ↑ The Court of Cassation is the French and Russian equivalent of the American court of errors.—(Ed. note.)
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