DIVORCE LAW
LAST SESSION’S AMENDMENT. PROTECTION OF INNOCENT RESPOND ENT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 8. A ruling under the 1921-22 amendment to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, the first ruling in Wellington, wa* given by Mr Justice Hosking to-day in the suit brought by a husband against the wife under Section 4 of the Act of 1920 which provides that the fact that the parties lived apart for a period of three years and upwards gave ground for the granting of a decree of dissolution. The amendment of 1921-22, however has the general effect of making it impossible for a blameworthy petitioner to secure a divorce against a blameless respondent if th* respondent, oppose* the petition. Petitioner is 59 and respondent 56. Respondent proved to the satisfaction of the Court that petitioner had been guilty of cruelty and the petition wm dismissed with colte to respondent.
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Southland Times, Issue 19511, 10 May 1922, Page 2
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149DIVORCE LAW Southland Times, Issue 19511, 10 May 1922, Page 2
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