B v B - [1954] NZLR 358

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Nullity — Marriage not Consummated — Adoption of Child by Parties after Twelve Years of Marriage — Wife leaving Husband after Twenty Years of Marriage and refusing to return — Husband asserting Wife without Just Cause declining to resume Cohabitation — Wife persuaded to return to Matrimonal Home — Husband petitioning for Declaration of Nullity after Twenty-four Years of Marriage — Delay not Bar but Relevant Circumstances on Question of Approbation — Effect of Adoption of Child — Husband's Election to affirm Marriage by overcoming Wife's Resistance to Resumption of Cohabitation notwithstanding Her Incapacity — Conduct approbating Existence and Validity of Marriage.