MARIE LOHR’S DIVORCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 11

MARIE LOHR’S DIVORCE

VARIATION OF MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Tuesday. In his judgment in the case in which the actress, Miss Marie Lohr, formerly Mrs. Ahtnony Val Prinsep, asked the Divorce Court to vary the marriage settlements made by her divorced husband’s mother, Mr. Justice Hill confirmed the .report of the registrar as far as Miss Lohr and her daughter are concerned. As the trustees took the view that the settlement was made to protect Mr. Val Prinsep from his own extravagance, the judge considered that the proper course was to release only part of the balance to Mr. Val Prinsep, and to resettle the rest in such a,way as the trustees approved. Mr. Anthony Val Prinsep was in New Zealand a few months ago with his wife, Miss Margaret Bannerman. Miss Lohr, who divorced him early last year, asked the court in February to vary the marriage settlements, amounting to £20,000 and £86,000, made by Mr. Val Prinsep’s mother. It was proposed to settle on Miss Lohr and the daughter of the marriage, a girl of 15, property producing £2,000 a year. The registrar had approved this scheme, which meant that £45,000 would be set aside in trust for Mr. Val Prinsep’s first wife and child, the rest tp be left for the husband free of any trust. The trustees of the settlement opposed the scheme, as it was a post-nuptial settlement, although the parties had agreed to it. Counsel for Miss Lohr submited that the proposed income of £2,000 a year was not excessive, as it left £6,000 a year for the husband. Counsel for the trustees said the proposed arrangement would hand over a capital sum of £50,000 to Mr. Val Prinsep for good an<l all, thus defeating his mother’s primary object under the original settlement of protecting Mr. Val Prinsep against himself.