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The court dismissed the respondentâs application to set aside a registrarâs certificate and decree nisi, finding no basis to reopen an undefended divorce petition.
The Family Court granted a decree nisi on an uncontested two-year separation, rejecting the respondentâs hardship objection and awarding the petitioner costs.
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Decree nisi granted on the wifeâs petition for two-year separation; the husbandâs cross-petition for adultery was not pursued further and no order was made on it.
The court granted the wife a decree nisi on two-year separation, held the marriage had broken down irretrievably, and declined to investigate the husbandâs adultery allegation.
The court refused leave to file an answer out of time, held the husband knew of the proceedings, and granted a decree nisi with costs to the wife.
Family Court ruling granting leave to file a fresh divorce petition based on two yearsâ separation, with transfer of existing materials, service directions, and costs orders.
The court granted decrees nisi on both a petition and cross-petition for divorce, holding that a full inquiry into recriminating behaviour was unnecessary.
The District Court dismissed a husbandâs late application to file an answer out of time in divorce proceedings, restored the decree nisi hearing, and awarded costs to the wife.
The court dismissed the husbandâs application to set aside the decree nisi, finding no misleading conduct and no basis under ss 15C or 17 of the Ordinance.
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