Walker v Walker - [1949] NZLR 273

Destitute Persons — Maintenance — Complaint for Maintenance filed in Magistrates' Court — Divorce Proceedings commenced by Husband — Magistrate declining Jurisdiction on Hearing of Complaint — Such Jurisdiction ousted during Divorce Proceedings — Destitute Persons Act, 1910, s 17 — Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1928, s 37.