LEGAL INQUIRY.
m (iiy A BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) Letters or inquiry will be answered every week in this column. As far aa possible I they will be dealt with in the order In 1 which they are received, and replies will , De inserted with the least possible delay. :i| URGENT. —Tou should instruct your '• solicitor to defend the application. On r - the facts given, your wife is entitled ! neither to separation nor maintenance. ' nor a guardianship order in respect of i the children. L ' W.M.—The right to sue on the i.o.u. will iapse after six years from the date of • the last payment ou account. j WORRIED.—There is a possibility that you '"i could obtain a divorce in forma r . pauperis, that is, with concessions in 1 the expense. You should consult your 1 : solicitor with a view to obtaining '" | leave to petition in this way. 7 . WORRIED. —rou have agreed to buy the ~. property aud to pay the purchase , t i money. The obligation to pay can be i enforced, and your property, except , r ' personal effects to the value of £ 50, >r could be sold to meet the debt. Youi ,i ! best plan is to arrange with the vendor i the terms upon which he will release n URGENT. —The council is not bound by the j. provisious of the will, and may sell th« property if the rates are not paid. A; ~ rates more than three years overdut p_ cannot be recovered, it is obvious thai v : the council will take action before tin three years has expired, and will noi wait until the children are of age. ; DESIROUS. —The cost would not exceed £ i few pounds. It is necessary to makt l( \ a formal application before a r.iagis a . trate. so that you will require youi solicitor's services. It is quite a simpli \. matter, and is generally u.sposcd of ii j . the magistrate's private rooiu. st SPENDTHRIFT. —Your letter does not dis ; close any ground upon which the wifi : ; could be committed to an institution ?v The husband's remedy is to control hi: a wife's expenditure and forbid tin pledging of his credit. i : UNLUOKER. —There is no legal obligatiot ai to pay the costs claimed, though 1 hav' always felt that there is a strong mora i . obligation to do so. It is occasiouall; a- done. e INTEREST.—Your mortgage will give yoi in various remedies, the easiest of whicl > • is to sell the property. The best cours< a to pursue will uepeud on the circum ! stances. If the property is worth mucl x : more than the amount lent on it, yoi ) : will experience no diiSlculty in gettin, a iu your money eventually.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 15
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445LEGAL INQUIRY. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 15
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