X v X - [1977] 2 NZLR 423

Husband and Wife — Disposition of property — Matrimonial property — Matrimonial home — Committal of party to psychiatric hospital with no prospects of recovery — No "extraordinary circumstances" and equal sharing not "repugnant to justice" - Valuation date — Children's share — Charge over property — Matrimonial Property Act 1976, ss 2(2), 14, 26(1), 33.