DIVORCE LAW WEAKNESS
HASTINGS, Thursday. During the hearing of a motion for a decree absolute which came before the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court, his Honor said he had noticed that although the ground for divorce was failure to comply with an order for restitution of conjugal rights, petitioner had filed his present application a day after the three months had expired. What was the reason for this undue haste? he asked. His Honor added that certain aspects of the divorce law required revision. In cases seeking restitution of conjugal rights, the Court asked petitioner if he wanted his wife back or if she wanted her husband back, and this question was answered in the affirmative. The Court knew that it was more or less a farce, his Honor said. In reply to his Honor's question, "when is petitioner getting married again?" counsel said that the reason in this particular case was that petitioner expected to go into camp at any time. j
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 42, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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