INQUIRERS' CORNER

NZ Truth, Issue 1108, 24 February 1927, Page 18

INQUIRERS' CORNER

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WAGES AND PENSIONS Q.: A widow is left with £5 a week and three children 8, 7 and 5. Is she entitled to a pension? — "Anxious" (Gore). , ' A.: No. The total Income with the pension for three children is not to^ exceed £ 3 10s. per week. LEGAL .■■'",..•■ Q,: A woman dies intestate, leaving an illegitimate child legally adopted. Can this child succeed to the mother's property? — "Central" (Middlemarch) . A.: Provided the woman has neither husband nor legitimate children, the., illegitimate child ~ J will take all ' the mother's property. . Q.: A lends B a sum of money and receives as v security for the money agun. This gun is not registered m A's name. Can Abe prosecuted under the Arms Act, 1920?— " Subscriber" (Auckland). A.: Yes. Q.: (1) is~lt legal for a county council to tender the right to cut cocksfoot on the roadsides? (2) Are not the property holders entitled to the seed? (3) Do debenture holders or wages take precedence upon the winding-up of a company? — "Inquisitive" (Kaitangata). A.: (1) Yes. There is nothing to, prevent their so doing. (2) No. (3) The workmen have a prior claim , for their wages. , Q.: I am a girl of 14 years of age. I am under the supervision of the probation officer for

MAINTENANCE 9 Q.: (1) I have been paying 16/- per week maintenance for my son, by my divorced wife. He has now reached the age of 16 years. Can I discontinue the payment of this sum? (2) X I wish to marry the woman with whom I have been living and by whom I have had several children. Can they be legitimized? (3) Could I make a will, in favor of my second wife and her children, to the total exclusion of my divorced wife and her child? — "Constant Reader" (Gisborne). A.: (!) This depends upon the order that was made at the . time of the divorce. (2) Yes, provided steps are taken to secure their legitimacy. (S) You can exclude your divorced wife, but her child could claim under the Family Protection Act if no provision was made for him. WILLS Q.: My father left money to trustees on trust for me. Can I obtain an alteration m the will the money would become payable outright to me?; No restriction was placed on the gifts' to. the other children.— -"Worried" (Omau). A.: Your father probably had good reason to prevent your utilising the capital and it would' be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain an alteration. GENERAL Q.: Upon the bankruptcy of a gum producer, would the royalty or the wages due be

a period of one ■ year. I desire to get married. Can I do so without , obtaining his consent? — "Fatherless Girl" (Dunedin). A.: Provided your parents con- . sent to your marriage the proba- '•• tion officer has no absolute right to prevent your marriage except upon the ground that ' your proposed husband is a person whom he considers you should not consort with. Q.: (1) Does the subsequent marriage of the mother of illegitimate children affect the liability . of their father ' for their main-' ten ance? (2) Can they reside with the mother '

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paid first?'.—-"In- , quirer" (Mangawai). A.: The wages. Q.: Is a 2d. stamp necessary on an- acknowy ledgment by a firm of moneys received from a salesman ?—"Perplexed" (Auckland).; > A.: No. An internal receipt of this nature does not require to be stamped. , Q.: Is a father entitled to forbid his daughter, aged 20i from consorting with a certain person? — "Worried" (Wellington). . A.: Yes, he has a general control over her movements during, vher minority. Q.: Owing to J my receiving as a boarder a man

; and her husband? — "Anxious" (Wellington). . ' • A.: (1) No. (2) Yes. •. Q.: A valuer makes a valuation m September, 1920. Can he now recover? —'/Valuer" (Wanganui). - A.: The claim is statute barred. t ' A MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE - . " Q.: (1) I deserted my husband over j three years ago and have since been living with "another man, who is anxious to marry me. Can I obtain a divorce? (2) Can my husband claim damages against the 4 man I am living with?' (3) Would the fact. that my husband and I were once separated and 'Subsequently reconciled, affect the position? — "Anxious" (Gisborne). A.: ,-■ (1) No. (2) Yes, if he divorced you. (3) No. ■ Q.: Six years ago husband disappeared. Must wife obtain divorce before marrying again?— " Not" (Woodlands). A. : Yes. Otherwise she will be guilty of bigamy if the husband is alive. ■ /Q.: Husband sent passage money for; wife to come to ' N.Z.,- '..but she refused and he has not heard from her for seven years. Can He re -marry without divorce? — "Anxious" (Auckland). , A.: Although he might not' be guilty . of bigamy it would be improper for him to re-marry without' divorce as should the wife be alive any subsequent marriage would be void and the issue illegitimate. Q.: Wife seeks divorce* on three years' , separation. There are no children; she is m good health and constant) employment. Is she entitled to alimony? — "Anxious" (Auckland). A.: Yes.

who worked as a free -laborer three years ago, the boarder and I are assailed with abusive epithets such as "scab," etc. Have I a legal remedy? — "E.M.M." (West Shore). A.: Yes. On proof of the charges your persecutors will be substantially fined. Q.: A- girl aged 18 leaves home and earns, enough money to support herself at the house of . a ; respectable lady friend. Can her parents compel her to return?— "C.P.V." (Auckland). A.: Not unless they can make out that their intervention is necessary from a moral point of view. Q.:' (1) Is it a. closed season for trapping opossums? (2) Where do I obtain my permit?— "lnquirer" (Arapuni). A.: (1) Yes. (2) From the Acclimatisation Society for the district m which you wish, to trap. HOUSING AND RATES Q.: I rent a house at 25/- per week, rent to be paid every four weeks*. How much notice do I have to give — a week or a month? — "Constant Reader" (Hastings). 'A.: Tou rent the house at so much a week and you pay a multiple of a week's rent. It is to be presumed therefore m default of- any circumstances pointing , to an opposite\ conclusion that the letting is a weekly tenancy. Consequently you must give a week's notice, but you are m error m assuming that the notice can expire at any time. According to a recent English decision the' week's notice must expire at the^ end of a week of the tenancy.