DIVORCE FOR HALF-CROWN
FREEDOM FOB BRITISH POOR.
A woman has just been granted a decree nisi that cost only half-a-crown in legal expenses. She was a petitioner under the Poor Persons’ Divorce Act, which is bringing a constantly increasing amount of work before the court. These poor persons’ cases are dealt with by. Loiidbn Prescribed Officers’ (Poor Persons) Department of the High Court. \ “An appellant under the Poor Persons’ Divorce Act has only to pay the out-of-pocket expenses of the solicitors and the witnesses,” said an official of the Law Society. “These usually total from £5 to £lO, but in the case of the half-a-crown divorce both the solicitors and counsel gave their services.
“People who wish to sue as poor persons must sign a declaration that they do not possess more than £5O and that they are not in receipt of more than £2 a week. In special cases these figures are £lOO and £4 respectively.” Divorces in England and Wales last year numbered 3190, an increase of 568 compared with the previous year, while in 1880 there were only 366 petitions. j
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1929, Page 8
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