Brown v Brown - [1951] NZLR 715

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Desertion — Constructive Desertion for Six Months commencing in March, 1948 — Resumption of Cohabitation for Six Months thereafter — Subsequent Constructive Desertion for Eight Months until Husband arrested and imprisoned — Petition filed in April, 1951 — Resumption of Cohabitation constituting True Reconciliation — Period thereof excluded — Petitioner not continuously Deserted for Three Years — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 10 (b) (c).

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Habitual Drunkenness and Cruelty — Husband imprisoned for Life before Four-years Period complete — Statutory Ground for Divorce not established — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 10 (c).