PETITION FOR DIVORCE
NEW LEGISLATION INVOKED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Dunedin, February 22,
Tn the Supremo Court this morning a husband petitioned for divorce under section 4 of the Marriage' Law Amendment Act. 1920. Petitioner’s counsel eaid the parties had been separated, ns the result of differences, under a deed of separation since December, 1914, and hail lived apart ever since. Counsel asked the Judge’s guidance ns to how far they should probe into tho conduct of the parties. Mr. Justice Sim replied that apparently all that had to bo proved was that (he parties had been married nnd that the deed of separation was in full force sold continued in force for a period of not less than three years. It did not matter really who had been to blame tfor the separation. The Act might have been- worded more clearly. Petitioner under the terms of tho Act was Antitied to a decree nisi for dissolution of the marriage. This would 1» granted but tho Court had better be moved to’ make it absolute at the end of three months, in case any fresh light was thrown upon the interpretation, of the "Bection of the Act in the meantime.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 6
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199PETITION FOR DIVORCE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 6
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