McLean v McLean - [1952] NZLR 673

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Maintenance — Order for Respondent to pay Maintenance by Monthly Payments during Joint Lives and to give Security for Such Payments — Order sealed and not appealed from — Application by Petitioner for Variation of Order by increasing Amount on grounds of Changed Conditions of Both Parties — Respondent's Means increased — Petitioner totally Blind — Order for Payment Valid and Variable — No Jurisdiction to vary Order for Security — No Power to increase Maintenance to Level enabling Petitioner to save for Maintenance in event of Respondent predeceasing Her — Maintenance increased subject to Original Order as to Security — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, ss 33, 41.