Owen v Owen - [1955] NZLR 235

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Restitution of Conjugal Rights — Husband's Petition — Husband's Conduct Unbearable and Unreasonable, but not necessarily amounting to Matrimonial Offence — Such Conduct Grave and Weighty Matter justifying Cessation of Cohabitation — Petition dismissed — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 8.

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Judicial Separation — Cruelty, as Ground — Such Cruelty to amount to Matrimonial Offence — Desertion, as Ground — Husband's Unbearable and Unreasonable Conduct continuing for Two Years — Constructive Desertion — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 5.