L. v L. - [1968] NZLR 752

Husband and wife — Matrimonial proceedings — Joint family home — Separation agreement providing for wife to relinquish possession of home on specified date — Subsequent divorce proceedings — Application by wife subsequent to decree nisi but before decree absolute for order granting her the right personally to occupy the matrimonial home and for an order vesting the property in the spouses as joint tenants — Whether application premature — Whether Court restricted by the terms of the separation agreement — Whether Court has power to vest joint family home in the spouses as joint tenants — Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963, ss. 57, 59.