Green v Green - [1976] 1 NZLR 415

Husband and wife — Matrimonial proceedings (Supreme Court) — Jurisdiction of court — Applications for ancillary relief made to court by wife whose marriage took place in England and was dissolved by a court in Canada — New Zealand court no jurisdiction to grant ancillary relief unless founded upon the prior existence of divorce proceedings in a New Zealand court — Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963, ss 40, 41 and 52.