Bolton v Bolton - [1952] NZLR 238

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Desertion — Constructive Desertion — Conduct equivalent to Expulsion — Inference of Intention to end Consortium — Presumption of Intention of Natural and Probable Consequences of Acts — Application of Presumption — "Wilful desertion" — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 10 (b).

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Desertion — Separated Wife left habitually and without Just Cause without Reasonable Maintenance — "Without just cause" — Test of Reasonableness — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 13