Gaspar v Gaspar - [1972] NZLR 174

Husband and wife — Domestic proceedings — Orders for maintenance — Discharge and variation — Effect of social security — Wife receiving "deserted wife" benefit — Husband's payments under maintenance order paid into Consolidated Fund — No direct benefit to wife — Insufficient ground for variation.

Social Security, pensions and superannuation — Social security benefits — Deserted wife's benefit — Wife's sole means of support — Payments under maintenance order paid into Consolidated Fund — Variation of maintenance order refused — Social Security Act 1964, ss 23, 25, 26.