Burke v Burke - [1934] NZLR 978

Destitute Persons — Maintenance — Husband and Wife — Maintenance Order for Benefit of Wife and Children — Whether rendered void by Decree Absolute in Divorce Proceedings — Power of Supreme Court to make Order for Permanent Maintenance even if Original Maintenance Order still good — Election by Wife — Destitute Persons Act, 1910, s 17 — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 33.