In re L (An Infant) - [1949] NZLR 370

Guardianship of Infants — Custody — Application by Wife for Custody of Child of Marriage — Husband later filing Petition for Restitution of Conjugal Rights, claiming Custody of Child — Magistrate's Jurisdiction not exceeded, but ousted by Restitution Proceedings — Appeal from Judgment Warranted — Guardianship of Infants Act, 1926, s 7 — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 38.