Newsome v Newsome - [1947] NZLR 525

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Alimony and Maintenance — Jurisdiction — Maintenance Order in Existence — Application to Supreme Court in Divorce for Permanent Maintenance — Election by Applicant to abandon Rights under Destitute Persons Act, 1910 — Effect of Order for Permanent Maintenance made before Decree Absolute — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 33 (2) — Destitute Persons Act, 1910, s 17 — Domestic Proceedings Act, 1939, s 9.