Scherf v Scherf - [1951] NZLR 15

Destitute Persons — Separation and Guardianship Orders — Jurisdiction — Complaint alleging Failure to maintain — Omission of Words "wilful and without reasonable cause" — Such Omission not affecting Jurisdiction — Supreme Court, on Appeal, directing Making of Maintenance, Separation, and Guardianship Orders — Question of Access to be determined by Magistrate — Destitute Persons Act, 1910, ss 17, 18 — Infants Act, 1908, s 6 — Guardianship of Infants Act, 1926, s 7 — Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, s 325 — Statutes Amendment Act, 1949, s 20 (2).