DIVORCE GROUNDS: DRIFT APART NOT SUFFICIENT
AUCKLAND, This Day (P.A.).—Because a man and his wife had drifted apart did not mean that they had the right to divorce. That was not the law at all, Mr Justice Callan said in the Supreme Court today. “They must solemnly agree that their marriage is completely at an end and they must part on that understanding,” His Honor said. “When a divorce petition is founded on a verbal separation, it is necessary for witness to give the court a clear idea what the agreement was. The court will then decide whether there has been the agreement the law requires.” The mere fact that the parties had had a talk and then separated was insufficient evidence to establish a separation agreement, his Honor said.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 March 1950, Page 5
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