LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 58, 9 March 1944, Page 3

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

TAKEN IN. —If the seller will not take the article back and return you the purchase money you should sue him for damages for breach of warranty. E.M. (Calgary Street).—You must give the tenant notice to quit. If he does not leave you must sue in the Court for possession. You must prove that the hardship on you if you are refused possession is greater than the hardship on the tenant if he is ordered to leave, or else you must and suitable alternative accommodation for him. WORKER.—AII Income, whether derived from essential work or not, is liable to taxation. ANXIOUS. —So long as your other Income does not exceed £20 per year your age benefit will not be affected by making the loan on mortgage. T.D.—You must be prepared to maintain your wife so long as she is willing to make her home with you. If you refuse to have her in your home you must pay maintenance. At present you are not obliged to maintain her. On the facts stated, your wife will not be able to obtain a divorce from you even after three years' desertion. You may take proceedings for restitution, and if your wife refuses to return to you you can then divorce her without waiting for three years' desertion. KNOWLEDGE.—If the money is banked in your son's name, it does not form part of your assets, and you need not show it in your returns. VERY ANXIOUS.—The answer to your question last week was wrong. You. may make application to the Social Security Department at once for a benefit.