DIVORCE PETITIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15995, 13 August 1915, Page 3

DIVORCE PETITIONS.

DECREES NISI GRANTED.

MAINTENANCE ORDER PROVED.

A number of petitions for dissolution of marriage came before Mr. Justice Cooper '' in the Supreme Court yesterday. His Honor allowed a decree nisi in the case in which Hilda Gertrude Maud Johnston (Mr. A. E. Skelton) asked for the dissolution of her marriage with Edward Frederick Johnston. Evidence was given proving that maintenance orders had been granted for the support of. the wife and children. Decision had been deferred until the orders were produced. Imprisonment to be Proved. Dissolution of her marriage with Richard Valentine Radford was asked for by Mildred Radford (Mr. P. B. Fitzherbert), on the ground of desertion. Alter hearing evidence His Honor said he required the production of a certified copy of the record at Napier concerning respondent's imprisonment for wife desertion. He would not issue a decree in the meantime. Husband's Misconduct. Mr. W. E. Hackett appeared for Caroline Louise Creamer, who sought divorce from Vivian Stanley Creamer on the ground of misconduct. The parties, said petitioner, were married at Ellerslie on October 27. 1908. They lived at Ellerslie for about a year. Their house was burned, and petitioner afterwards found that her husband was insolvent. He then went away to Oisborne, and afterwards left with another woman for Sydney. Corroborative evidence was given and His Honor pronounced a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months. Case of Desertion. Desertion was the ground of the application for a divorce filed by Annie Wright (Mr. W. D. Anderson)" against James Bonnar right. It was stated by petitioner that the marriage took place at Christchurch on June 30. 1884. and they lived for manyyears in Auckland. Kaitaia, and elsewhere in the North. They went to Osborne, and her husband left for Wellington, where he was to provide a home for her. He did not do so, and she had not heard from him for nine years. His Honor pronounced a decree nisi. Allegation of Misconduct. Mr. A. G. Quartley appeared for petitioner in the case in which Alexander Archibald Parsons sought dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth Esther Parsons and H;irold Martin, co-respondent-The marriage took place at Devo ip'it on September 26, 1910. The evidence showed that the parties lived Together at Devon port until _ the beginning of this year, when the wife began to remain away from home at nights. Subsequently, she left petitioner and went to live in Auckland with co-respondent. After hearing corroborative "vidence. His Honor granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months.

Husband Who Left Home. Misconduct was alleged in the petition of Grace Godwin (Mr. A. G. Qun.-tley) who asked for the dissolution if her marriage with Alfred Ernest Godwin, to wjicm she was married on March 15, 1904, at Onehunga. The evidence showed what the husband and wife lived at Onehunga, nni later st Te Awamutu. Last year he lef. her, and went down to the Manawatu district! and wrote her stating that he could not live with her again. Petitioner went to Palmerston North, where she discovered her husband living with another woman. A decree nisi was granted. « By- consent, an order for alimony amounting to 15s per week was made. An order for permanent alimony will be granted on request when the decree absolute is pronounced.