Hodgson v Hodgson - [1955] NZLR 1

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Desertion — Wife leaving New Zealand to visit Parents in Scotland with Husband's Approval — Husband remitting Monthly Sum of Money and also Cost of Return Fare — Wife not attempting to obtain Return Passage — Husband writing to Her asking Her Intentions and saying Divorce only Alternative Solution — Wife refusing to return — Desertion without Just Cause — Conduct of Husband merely Passive Acquiescence in State of Abandonment forced on Him — Such Attitude not terminating Desertion — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 10 (b).