PETITION FOR DIVORCE

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14599, 24 February 1921, Page 3

PETITION FOR DIVORCE

i „ UrJDER LAST SESSION'S ACT. THE SEPARATION ISSUE. . By Telegraph.—Press Association. HI'NKmIN. Wednesday. In Ihe Supreme Court yesterday a husband petitioned for a divorce under BiM-liim i of lli<- Marriage Law Amendment Act, 1020. u Petitioner's remise] said Hie parties had heen separated a s a result of differences under a deep of separation sinre lieeemlier, I '.M i. and liad lived ap irt ever since. Counsel asked the judge's miidanoe as In how far they sliould probe int.. Hie rondue) of Hie parlies. Mr .lii-iire Sim replied |hn| apparently all Dial had to be proved was th ' the parlies had heen married and that the deed of separation was in full force and continued in full force for a pen • I nf not less than three years. II did n■>' matter really who had heen In hla for |iie separation. The Act might have heen worded more clearly. The petitioner, under the terms of the Act, \va3 entitled to a decree nisi for the dissolution of marriage. This would be printed, but it had better be moved for the Court to make it absolute at the end of three months, In rase any fresh light w.-.'. thrown upon the interpretation of the section of the Act in' the meantime.