DISMISSED.
DIVORCE PLEA.
VISITS TO WIFE.
PERIOD OF SEPARATION.
On the ground that the separation of April, 11)36, on which Arthur William Geofree Mold (Mr. Fraer) petitioned for divorce from Gladys Virginia Rosendale Mold (Mr. Allan Moodv) had ndt remained in full force and'effect for the period of three yeans, Mr. Justice Ostler Court to-day dismissed the petition. The point* raised by the wife in opposing the petition, that there was no oral agreement of separation and that such separation as occurred was due to her I husbands wrongful conduct, were not ; supported by the evidence, said hfa H« n °,)W be C ° Uree Of his Mgment. [Uβ did, however, accept as true her explanation of an incident in whi4 E eaid she was trapped by her husband into a compromising position with another man. Further, the respondent gave evidence that she was visited on several occasions during the period of SS. dSSSr? 0 "^ suoh circums was difficult to obtain, but here there was admitted evidence of optwrtunitv and on the Court of Appeal <!?£"£ nett, \. Bennett, he must 'hold that the petitioner had not proved that the perioa oi three years. The petition was accordingly dismissed, with cosfc on the lowest scale
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 302, 22 December 1939, Page 6
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