LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 198, 22 August 1928, Page 3

LEGAL INQUIRY.

Letters of Inquiry will be answered eray week in this column. As far as possible they will be dealt with in the order im which they are received, and replies will be inserted with the least possible delay.

WORRIED.—It is possible to obtain f, divorce, bat a personal appearance t* Court to give evidence of the grounds will be necessary. The cost would be about £50-£6 O. TEMBRITT. — Provided that suitable arrangements arc made for your future maintenance, yon cannot prevent your husband from selling. A little gentle persuasion will probably be more successful than any appeal to the Court. AXXlOUP.—Provided you remove the erection iw'orc y-.»ur lease expires rou will have a fair chance of justifying the removal. It is impossible to state any more certainty whether yoa art entitled to remove it. but the balance of probabilities is that you may. ANXIOUS.—(I) The landlord may seize everything unless yoa pive up possession on dematid. Otherwise he must leave tools of trade, clothing, bedding, etc., to the of £50. (2) No notice need he given. It would he foolish to give any. (3> Ido not pretend to know the provisions of each individual award. If you care io procure a copy and post it to me. repeating your question, an answer will be given. DIVORCE.—You must wait until you lave been separaed three years. You v.ill have to 'give evidence proving throe years' separation, whether the ease is defended or not. T'ae evidence required .to obtain a spa rat ion is different from that required for a divorce. F.A.M.—One week's notice would be sufficient. The landlord ;s not bound to accept payment by instalments. FOUR SQUARE- —You could sue for p •-«- session or oaroatres. Yon cannot cxp*ct to force him without resort to tbe Court. and that will m.-ar, oxpens". If lie is unfinancial it may be better to drop the matter. ANXIOUS.—If you think the is excessivp, ask for a detailed rccount, and send' a copy to me. WORRIED —File a debtor's petition. The fee is £6. If you file, all your assets, including any interest in a (rest, will be taken by the Official Asi?nee to pav your creditors. Any excess after paying all debts in full will to you. E.I,. —About ten pounds. FAIKPLAY. —If you read the uest rule (Rule 20) you will se» that withdrawals may only be paid from repayments. If the repayment fund is not large enough to meet all withdrawals, some must wait until funds are avrilable. The society is primarily for the benefit of those who remain members and not for those who withdraw. * RIM.. —You should consult a solicitor -»t once. The matter has alreadv be-n delayed a dangerously long time. ANXIOUS—You are entitled to a pension if you have been in New Zealiud years. \ou may prove your age with out producing your birth certifiLS li it is unprocurable. ncate «