INQUIRERS' CORNER

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 18

INQUIRERS' CORNER

||!!!!i!!Zmmm!m!m!mi^;!!!S!m!™i Conducted by "I NTERPRETER." SSimSSS^ f I Answers will be published as early as possible after receipt of jjj i§ questions and so far as possible m order of rotation of receipt. § || All letters must be written m ink and be addressed. "Interpreter" 1 II c/o "Truth," Manners Street, Wellington. While we take no s || responsibility for any answer given m these columns, every | |i endeavor will be made to see that they are absolutely correct. i| ' Answers to legal queries must be accepted merely as a ll guide as to whether or not it is worth while going to the ex* I |j pense of placing matters inquired about m the hands of a | solicitor for further action. ■ 11 No replies can be made by post. No anonymous inquiries || will be answered, and inquiries of this nature will not be pre- . 11 served. Frivolities and questions not of general interest will I jj| not be answered. ". . § E "ailliiiiiriiniiiiiiiuliiiiiiililiiniuiciiuiiiiiiciiiiiiiiniiimicinmiiiMmnmKmrmmmiKMuriiHiimmii^mfTiMMMnMnnnmMmiMiuiinniiiniMiimmimiumimiintinnuiilnimiinminiiuiiSl liiiniitinnnnMiiiiMtNiMitiMiiMtiiiuiiiiiitMUUiiiitiiiMiMiiiilniiuntiiiMniMutiniiiiuiiiUMMtnillliiuilliliillilliniiinliitiiltiiMiiiiiiniiiiiiimiiiuuiiiiiiiiitiiiliiiuiitiiiililiinitiii^ MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. PROPERTY RIGHTS. Q.: I was married -10 years ago and Q.: I bought a house on deposit, my husband got into trouble with a balance .by weekly instalments coveryoung girl, receiving a sentence of 10 ing principal and interest. I have imyears. Can I come on the Government, proved the property to the extent of for the support of myself and child- £100. My neighbor now claims a foot rerf? Can, I get a divorce on the above of my land. Can I compel, my vendor grounds? — "Anxious" (Invercargill). " ( to survey the property? Can he cariA.: Whilst you husband is m prison, cc] the purchase should I refuse to you will be entitled to maintenance compile until the dispute is settled? — out of the allowance made to him. "Constant Reader" — (Kilbirnie). When he is liberated he will be liable A.: Ordinarily a vendor is not bound to support you. You have no claim to survey if he' sells all the land m the on the Government or local authority title, although he must do so at his otherwise than the right of everyone own cost on a sub-division. Your to charitable aid if entitled to it. You best course would appear to be to do are entitled to a divorce only if the the- survey yourself and if the result crime involved the commission of proves the vendor to foe m the wrong, adultery. endeavor to set the cost off against the. Q.: Two people, both nineteen years purchase money. In the . circumof age, marry with only the consent stances, you having effected and knowledge of the bride's parents, tial improvements, . the vendor canthe husband 'telling the registrar his not cancel, age was twenty-one. Is the marriage INSURANCE. legal? — "Perplexed" (Bay of Plenty). ~ " A.: Yes, but if the false statement is Q.: My wife had a piano given to her found out the husband will be liable to by her brother four years ago and has two years' imprisonment. ' had it insured m her name for that MAINTENANCE ' period. To-day we received a letter wiaiin i ciNMiNue, from the lnaurance company stating Q.: My husband is serving a term of tha * at the request of h «L|*?t h <i er *J° three years' imprisonment, his arrears P""^, * n my wife's name has been when committed, amounting to about cancelled and is now replaced by a £120. During- this time, I have been P°»<* m the brother s own name. Can receiving an allowance of £4/8/- per this be done without my .wife s per - month prison pay. Can I claim the ar- mission, and what redress has. she?rears owing to me from the balance of "Constant Reader (Petone). wages earned by my hushand during A.: Ya« the insuran his term, which will be handed to him company and pomt out that the piano is on his release?-"Not sure" (Ota- your wife!s property aad tha th y huhu). cannot cancel the policy without your A:. You can ask the magistrate to wife's permission; make a charging or attachment order HOUSING AND RATES. under Destitute Persons Act on the " • . . , accruing wages, but m. the circum- < Q.: I leased a property for two years, stances it is doubtful whether such an agreeing to give the owner a room and order would be made. The court would board during that time. He has remost likely cancel ' . cently .been drinkthe arrears alto- g^ZZZSS ln & heavily and gether. Mainten- if " ' .. __ • II - causing an n o y.ance is a periodi- 1 1 Xaiian Vrtrtr* ii ance> Can * turn cal payment ne- if UCUCn itUIO §| him out, or charge cessary for your li '■ -.- §| him extra if he support, and punc- §§ || remains? (2) tnal payment f| Q.: My wife deserted me m || What notice must should be insisted 1| October, 1921, m Scotland. I II • I give to terminupon. If you have || heard that she was dead, but I II ate the 1 lease?— existed for three 11 have no proof of it. Can I now II "Inquirer" (Inveryears without the || re-marry without obtaining a H cargill). arrears, you have || divorce? — "Urgent" (Auckland). || • - A.: (1) This deproved that the || A.: You will run the risk of a H pends on whether payment was || prosecution for bigamy, because jj| the agreement to really, not neces- is the seven-year period has not §§ board the ,la.ndsar.y. However. || yet elapsed. Besides, you admit ,|f lord was embodied the whole matter |I that you have heard about your || m the lease or Is m the discre- |g wife since the desertion, but you if whether it was tlonof the magis-. || are m doubt as to the accuracy =1 iherely a subsetrate. Is of the information. Before you || quent informal Q.: I am the II re-marry, you should either if agreement. If it mother of an il- l\ verify your wife's death by m- i| was part of the legitimate child If quiry, or obtain a divorce. n consideration for whose father has if,, „„,„ , m , M ,,, nmHmm mmmmmmi.mmm.mmi.immmim.mm>imimii.mJi the lease, you cangOne tO Australia. ■s,,ui.miHimummmmmmimimimmmmm limiu.imimmmiiiNiiiim.1 imiu.imimmmiiiNiiiim. miiimimimumu.;; nnto t eject him Or How can I .obtain ''.-.' alter the terms una maintenance order against him? — der which he is living with you. If he "Mother" (Wellington). was merely an ordinary boarder, you A.: There are two courses open to' could give him notice. (2) Unless the you. Either you may have him arrest- lease provides anything to the coned and brought back to New Zealand, trary, you cannot surrender it, and which would require a deposit of £40 you will remain liable for the rent unto cover the cost of bringing him back til the end of the term, or. else, if you know his address m Q . A tenant paya weekl m ad _ Australia, jwu can have an order made vance> Does week>s rent pai(J m a(J , m New Zealand and confirmed. in Aus- vance on entering stand ln Ueu of tralia, week's notice on leaving?— " Anxious" , FGAL . (Wellington). ' . . N i . . A.: No. The tenant must always Q.: While walking ' along a local give one week's notice however the street one night, I collided with a rent is paid. - "silent policeman," \fhich had been GENERAL. . left on the footpath, and was under. ~ ■ ~* ' repair. There was no light on the Q.: I propose to float a £4000 comerection which fell on me and broke pany. If I appoint a bank' to act as re^ my wrist. Have I an action against ceiving agents for shares and have, the local authority? — "Anxious" the prospectus prepared, am I justified (Gore). ' ..'"■••' m advertising the shares? — "PromotA.: Yes, they were guilty of a mis- ing" (Hastings). , feasance m lekving the obstruction on A.:' To incorporate a company you the road without a light. will necessarily ; have to employ a. : •", , . j. i , * solicitor. The requirements of the Q.: My mother died intestate last Companies - Act are strict as to the July. A few years ago she sold some p rospect . ug . Before issue you must property to my brother at a price deposit it -with the Registrar and' obwhich was only a fraction of its pre- tain hig a p prova i. if the prospectus sent value. Can I claim part of this . g in orderi there is n0 reason W hy you property?— "M.J.L. (Hamilton). should not advertise.. A.: No. " You are entitled to a share \ A of any property your mother possessed Q- In scrub -cutting contracts at so at the time of her death, but any dis- much per acre, are the cutters entitled position of. property before her death to belaid on flat or surface measureis valid and cannot be upset. . ment? What Ms the difference ?-"An- - , xious (White Rock). Q.: (1) Is an -1.0.11. recoverable m A>: Unless you can prove a cusdeceased person's estate? (2) Is it tom to 'the contrary, you can only necessary for same to be stamped? — claim on the flat measurement. Sur"Constant Reader" (Wellington). r veybrs. can : only calculate areas as at A.: (1) It is evidence of the debt, but the sea level, which is flat measureif disputed must be" proved m the or- ment. They can only approximately 1 n ' estimate the area of the actual surface dinary way. (2) It is not a promissory ground> whlch ln hllly country note nor is it a receipt as defined by jg necessarily considerably more than the Stamp Act and is therefore exempt, the surveyed area.