Collusion In Divorce
"The striking increase in the number of petitions for the restitution of conjugal rights during recent years has brought to the fore the question of collusive divorce," says a Census and Statistics Department bulletin on the latest divorce figures. "It seems more than probable that many of these applications are made in connivance with the respondent with the object of avoiding delay consequent on securing a divorce on the grounds of separation." The bulletin says that four most common grounds for divorce in order are separation for not less than three years (955 cases in 1945), adultery (563), non-compliance with orders for the restitution of conjugal rights (402), and desertion (259). "The divorce rate in New Zealand is not unduly high compared with that of other countries of a like standard of civilisation and social organisation," says the bulletin. "The statistics show that a sizeable family is the best guarantee of permanence of marriage. The severest test of matrimony is between the fifth and tenth years. Just under half the divorces in 1945 occurred when the parties had been married between five and 10 years."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 14, 9 April 1947, Page 6
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188Collusion In Divorce Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 14, 9 April 1947, Page 6
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