Rolfe v Rolfe - [1959] NZLR 1227

Destitute Persons — Maintenance — Reasonable Cause for Wife's Refusal or Failure to live with Her Husband — "Reasonable cause" less than "grave and weighty reasons" which alone justify Permanent Separation or form Basis of Constructive Desertion — Magistrate's Discretion not fettered by Decisions relating to Conduct supporting Submission of Constructive Desertion — Destitute Persons Act 1910, s. 17 (7).