DIVORCE PETITIONS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 147, 23 June 1945, Page 7

DIVORCE PETITIONS

MORE UNDEFENDED SUITS

HEARD BEFORE TWO JUDGES

A number of undefended divorce and restitution petitions were heard in the " Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Fair and Mr. Justice Cornish.

Ada Danks. (Mr.. Webb), in petitioning before Mr. Justice Fair for divorce from Peter Danks, said they were married in May, 1911, and had six children. In August, 1922, her husband brought a woman to the house to act as maid, and when witness objected to his intimacy with her he left the home and was now living with the woman at Napier. A decree nisi was granted. Other petitions granted on the ground of adultery were: Marjorie Dora Edmunds (Mr. Newbery) v. Cecil John Edmunds; Albert Charles Boniface (Mr. G. H. Turner) v. Vera Boniface and Frederick Fenton.

Decrees granted on other grounds were: James Grover (Mr. Hart) v. June Guelda Grover; Robert William Butcher (Mr. Martelli) v. Eileen Stuart Butcher, both on the ground of failure by respondent to comply with an order for restitution of conjugal rights. Frances Mary Williams (Mr. Webb) v. Norman Richard Henry Williams, on the ground of separation for more than three years. Restitution Petitions j Petitioning before Mr. Justice Fair for a decree directing restitution by his wife of conjugal rights, Jack Hale ; (Mr. Westbrook) said they were married when he was in the Army and everything seemed all right between them before he went ovoyseas, during his period abroad and while they were on holiday leave after his return. When they returned from that holiday, however, the wife developed a practice of going out during evenings by herself. A quarrel arose over this on one occasion when the wife did not return home till the early morning, and eventually she left home altogether. She told him she liked him very much, but did not love him any more. His Honor granted a decree directing the wife to return to her husband within 21 days. Other restitution decrees granted were: Lois Marguerite Karen Findlay (Mr. W. D. Anderson) v. Walter Roy Findlay (Mr. Jenkins); Albert Stanley" Ramsay (Mr. Simpson) v. Dallas Laurel Ramsay (21 days); Agnes May Oliver (Mr. Simpson) v. Eric Hoeata Oliver (21 days); George Henry Lawson (Mr. G. Skelton) v. Pearl Lawson (14 days); Edward Flemming Walter Knipe (Mr. G. Skelton) v. Megan Dorothy Knipe (14 days).

Before Mr. Justice Cornish

After evidence that both his wife and co-respondent* admitted adultery, George David Baker (Mr. Fortune) was granted a decree nisi on his petition against Molly Lorraine Baker (Mr. Martelli), Arthur Charles Brown being cited as co-respondent. Petitioner, who had served with the armed forces overseas, said he returned in September, 1942. Because of differences he and respondent agreed to separate last year and on the last Birthday petitioner found his wife was living with Brown at Waiheke. Adultery was successfully pleaded by Garry Harold Crosland (Mr. Doole) against Nola Doreen Crosland, Frank Raynor Goulding being named as co-respondent. On the ground of desertion, decrees nisi were granted in the following cases: — Josephine Turner (Mr. S. Clarke) v. John Edmund Turner; Richard Eagle (Mr. S. Clarke) v. Ida Eagle. Separation for a period of three years or more was proved and decrees nisi granted in the following cas es:—Cyrus Alexander Hensleigh (Mr Fortune) v. Adelaide Annie Hensleigh; Leslie Raymond Strude (Mr. Doole) v. Gladys Thelma Strude; Ellice Upton Nora McMahon (Mr. Doole) v, Andrew John McMahon; Helen Paterson White (Mr. Robinson) v. David White; Evelyn Maud Cowsill (Mr. Robinson) v. Percy Leonard Cowsill. Decrees nisi were granted in the following cases in which the respoiv dents had failed to comply with an order for restitution: — Monica Dominica Dowling (Mr. Fortune) v. Thomas Henry Dowling.

Ordered to Return An order for the respondent to return to the petitioner within 42 days was made in the case Stuart Edward Foot (Mr. Doole) v. Nadia Meryl Foot. Petitioner said that he had served overseas with the armed forces, returning to New Zealand in 1944. He had then been unable to locate his wife, but later accidentally met her in Customs Street She* refused to return to him.