PERMISSION TO TAKE CHILD TO U.S.
SUPREME COURT RULING AT AUCKLAND (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND. September 3. A 10-year-old boy under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court can be taken to America by his mother tor a period not exceeding two years. This was the ruling on an application made to the Court to-day, the first dealt with by Mr Justice Adams, and the second in 40 years presented by counsel for the applicant (Mr J, f\ Dickson). The applicant was Mrs Elizabeth Isabella Gregg Montgomerie, divorced, who has custody of a son of the marriage. The application was opposed by her former husband, lan Hew de Greenlaw. Montgomerie, a farmer, of Matamata. Mr Dickson said that the child had sinus trouble, and, while they were in America his mother would take him to the Mayo Clinic for treatment. His Honour said the mother should be allowed to take the child to America. She was entitled to some freedom in her life. Mrs Montgomerie would be required to fix a security of £5OO for her return with the child to New Zealand before Christmas, 1953.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26517, 4 September 1951, Page 2
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