THE MARRIAGE LAW.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1921, Page 4

THE MARRIAGE LAW.

AN INTERESTING POINT. DIVORCE AFTER SEPARATION. By Ttlagraph. —Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Tn the Supreme Court this morning, a husband petitioned for a divorce under section 4 of the Marriage Law Amendment Act, 1920. , Petitioner’s counsel said the parties had been separated as a result of differences, and under a deed of .separation they had since December, 1914, lived

apart. Counsel asked the Judge's guidance as to how far they should probe into the conduct of the parties. The Judge replied that apparently all that had to be proved was that the parties had been married, and that a deed of separation was in full force and continued in full force for a period of not less than three years. It did not matter really who had been to blame for the separation. The Act might have been worded "more clearly, but petitioner, under the terms of the Act, was entitled to a decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage. This would be granted, but it had better be moved for the Court to make it absolute at the end of three montbs t in case any fresh light was thrown upon the interpretation of the section of the Act in the meantime.