Dorf v Dorf - [1982] 1 NZLR 494

Matrimonial property — Jurisdiction of Court — "Living apart" - Husband and wife had been married for 48 years when wife suffered a stroke and was hospitalised — She became mentally and physically infirm — Five years later husband applied under 1976 Act for division of matrimonial home and a section of land — Whether husband and wife were "living apart" in terms of s 25(2)(a) of the Matrimonial Property Act 1976.