LAW OF DIVORCE
COSTS OF PETITIONER PAYMENT TO PRECEDE DECREE ABSOLUTE/ ■ . (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, - . Whether the court has power to refuse to make a decree nisi absolute on the respondent’s' motion unless and until the respondent has paid the petitioner's costs as ordered by,. the- decree .nisi, is fa ’question which Mr Justice Ostler decided in the Supreme Court - to-day. HiS Honor held that the court has such power. The petitioner' in the suit for divorce was Ellen Irene Dimery.and the respondent Arthur Thomas' Dimery, > •• ,: ; ; Mr Justice Ostler said . that, ■; the respondent wanted to take advantage of one part of the decree nisi while, not being willing to comply with another part. He adjourned the application -sine die until the costs of the petitioner have been paid by the respondent.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22354, 30 August 1934, Page 8
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132LAW OF DIVORCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22354, 30 August 1934, Page 8
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