Batt v Batt - [1953] NZLR 260

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Desertion — Condonation — Statutory Period of Desertion Complete — Subsequent Return of Wife on Husband's Invitation — True Condonation resulting in Conditional Reinstatement of Wife — Wife later deserting Husband — Past Offence revived — Alternatively, No such True Reconciliation as was necessary to terminate Period of Desertion — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 10 (b).