Re Stewart - [1981] 2 NZLR 139

Bankruptcy and insolvency — Bankruptcy petition — Proof of debt — Wife had obtained a maintenance order against absent husband — At date of petition arrears of maintenance amounted to $4020 — Wife in receipt of domestic purposes benefit — Whether husband's absence was a continuing act of bankruptcy — Whether wife had proved a debt in excess of $200 on which to found her petition — Social Security Act 1964, s 27F(6) — Domestic Proceedings Act 1968, s 90 — Insolvency Act 1967, s 23.