Hatton v Hatton - [1955] NZLR 973

Destitute Persons — Maintenance — Wife — No Evidence of Wilful Failure to provide Maintenance — Proof of Life of Disharmony, Unhappiness, and Distress owing to Husband's Conduct — Reasonable Cause for Wife's not returning to Husband — Maintenance Order made — Destitute Persons Act, 1910, s 17 (7).