DIVORCE PETITIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 July 1946, Page 8

DIVORCE PETITIONS

THIRTEEN APPLICATIONS BEFORE COURT COMCLWON OF SESSION Thirteen divorce applications were dealt with by His Honor, Sir Archibald Blair, when the quarterly sessiqn of the Supreme Court at mouth concluded this morning. All the applications were successful. The' following applications were dealt with:— Alfred George Featherston (Mr. W. D. Taylor) v. Mildred Eileen Featherston and Douglas Thomas Marsh (co-respondent). A decree nisi was moved absolute, custody of the child of the marriage being granted the respondent. Christopher Edward David Hooker (Mr. Taylor) v. Louisa Ellen Hooker. A decree nisi was moved absolute, the custody of the two children of the marriage being granted to the petitioner.

Decree Nisis Granted.

In the following cases, His Honor granted decree nisis which may be moved or made absolute after three months. In the first four eases the failure of the respondents to comply with orders Hor restitution of conjugal rights was the ground tor the application: James Richard O’Neill (Mr. W. D. Taylor) sought the dissolution of his marriage to Grace Evelyn O’Neill. — Petitioner said his wife had left him. in May, 1945, for a holiday, but had not returned. She was now in Central Otago with his six-year-old daughter.—George Colin Greer, a neighbour, said that the respondent had not returned to petitioner since she left.—lnterim custody of the child was granted the respondent with leave for the petitioner to have access at all reasonable times. Alfred Thomas Bannan (Mr. Taylor) v. Lorna Elsie Bannan. —The petitioner, who married in 1942, shortly before leaving for overseas, said that on his return he saw his wife at Auckland'and later left for his home at Blackwater, it being arranged that she would subsequently join him. She had failed to do so — Henry Gardner, postmaster, said that respondent had not been in Blackwater this year.

Ronald Henry Neilson (Mr. Taylor) v. Aileen Neilson. —The petitioner, a miner, of Blackball, who was married in 1944, there being one child, stated that his wife had left him in December of last year.— David Edward Shand, Blackball, gave corroborative evidence. —Interim custory of the child was granted to the respondent, with right of access being granted to the petitioner. Peter Livesy (Mr. Taylor) v. Juanita Orma Livesy (Christchurch). —The petitioner, a miner, said he lived with his wife at Runanga for 10 days after his marriage in December, 1945. She had left while he was at work. —Corroborative evidence was given by Thomas Reuben Livesy. Desertion Claimed. Applications for the dissolution ol marriage on the grounds of desertion were made in the following cases* — Mary Uren (Mr. Taylor) v. John Uren.—The petitioner said she married the respondent in 1913. There were three children of the marriage. The respondent carnc to New Zealand in 1920. and when she followed him a year later they resided at Reef ton. In 1923 the respondent had disappeared but, following the death of a son in a mine accident he had been located this year at Auckland. —Mrs. Ruth Davy, of Cobden,, said the petitioner had not lived with the respondent during the past 20 years.—Costs on the lower scale were ordered to be paid by the icSl Michael James Lynch (Mr. Taylor) v. Lillian Grace Lynch.—The petitioner, who married in 1928, said his wife left him in 1939 when he was living in Whangarei. He believed she , had gone to Australia. He transferred to Greymouth in 1940, and . three months later his wife returned to him for two months. Then she left lor Christchurch for a few days, but wrote him that she was leaving in a lew clays for Australia. —Claude Fitzgerald Cockburn gave corroborative evidence. ' Herbert Louis Gray (Mr. M. B. James) v. Vera May Gray.—The petitioner, sawmill-hand, of Ross, said he was married in 1924, there being three children, all over the age of 16. His wife left to go to the races at Greymouth in October 1942, and he had not seen her since.. ■William Macintosh Jamieson (Mr. James), v. Mona Francis Jamieson. — The petitioner, of Arahura, who was married in 1933, said there were two children who were now in the custody of his wife. He had returned to New Zealand from overseas last year to find his wife working in a factory at Christchurch. He came to. work at Kumara but his wife had declined to join him.—Angles Scott Mervyn McLean, lorry-driver, of Kumara, gave corroborative evidence. —Interim custody of the children was granted to the respondent with reasonable access to the petitioner. Adultery Alleged.

Phillip Patrick Rogers (Mr. Taylor) v Rosetta Dorothy Rogers on the grounds of adultery with Peter Ross Astley Douglas Rogers or 1 Pocock.—The petitioner, a timberworker of Ngahere, said he had married while serving with the Forestry Unit in England. He had no children. Ho returned to New Zealand, understanding that the respondent was to join him when shipping became available. She did not do so, and he received no advice from her though he sent her £5O. Finally he received a letter suggesting divorce _ and another in which respondent signed herself Mrs. R. D. Pocock. He had later discovered that she had given birth to a child (birth certificate produced). This lie claimed established that adultery had been committed. Marjorie Edith Howison (Mr. Taylor) v John Hewison on the grounds of adultery. Arthur William Kelly, of the staff of the Magistrate’s Court, produced a complaint for maintenance and guardianship by the petitioner. Evidence by respondent was taken at Hamilton. —This evidence, claimed Mr. Taylor, disclosed adultery.—ln-terim-custody of the child of the marriage was granted to the petitioner, costs on the lowest scale being allowed against respondent.. Grounds of Separation.

Rayburt John Gamboni (Mr. F. A. Kitchingham) and Mary Kathleen Gamboni on the grounds of three years’ separation.—The petitioner, an attendant at the Hokitika Mental Hospital, said he was married in 1938. In 1942 he and his wife agreed to separate, the petitioner' to have the two children while the respondent maintained herself.

George Gifford Hay', a storekeeper, Greymouth, gave corraborative evidence that petitioner and respondent had not lived together since their separation.—The. custody of the children was granted to the petitioner.