Swanson v Maintenance Officer Swanson v Swanson - [1960] NZLR 155

Destitute Persons — Maintenance Officer — Maintenance Officer not authorized to accept Service of a Summons — Defendant absent from New Zealand — Magistrate's Power to hear Complaint for Variation of Order ex parte "if he thinks fit" — Destitute Persons Act 1910, s. 73 — Destitute Persons Amendment Act 1926, s. 9 (2B)

Practice — Appeals to Supreme Court — Destitute Persons — Notice of Appeal from Order — Respondent absent from New Zealand — Duty of Registrar to post Notice of Appeal to him if His Whereabouts known — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s. 116 (2).