3332

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 107

No. 2. AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING PETITION.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.
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In Divorce.

In the matter of the petition of A. B. for dissolution of marriage.

I, A. B., of Willis Street, in the City of Wellington, merchant, make oath and say as follows :—

1. I was on the 10th day of January, 1900, lawfully married to C. D., then a spinster, at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, in the City of Wellington, by the Rev. J. S.

2. After my said marriage I lived and cohabited with my said wife in the said City of Wellington, and we have had issue of our marriage three children, whose names and ages are set forth correctly in my said petition.

3. I am informed and believe that on the 17th day of March, 1907, and other days between that date and the 1st day of June, 1908, my said wife C. B. committed adultery with one G. H., of the said City of Wellington, merchant, at the Z. Hotel in the City of Wellington.

4. I am informed and believe that I was born in the City of Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, and that my said wife was born in the said City of Wellington. I am now domiciled in New Zealand, and reside in the said City of Wellington. My said wife resides now in the City of Christchurch, in New Zealand.

5. No collusion or connivance exists between me and the said C. B.

Sworn at, &c.

[NOTE.—The form given in R. 415 of the Code of Civil Procedure should not be used for verifying a petition in divorce proceedings.]

No. 3. FORMS OF ALLEGATIONS OF MATRIMONIAL OFFENCES IN PETITIONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.

Adultery.—On or about the 17th day of March, 1907, the said [wife] left the petitioner, and since that date has been living in adultery with one, G. H., of the City of Wellington, merchant, at the Z. Hotel in the said City of Wellington.

Desertion for Five Years.—On or about the 17th day of March, 1902, the said C. B. wilfully deserted the petitioner without just cause, and for five years and upwards—namely, from that date down to the present time—has continued to desert the petitioner without just cause.

Habitual Drunkenness of Husband.—The said C. B. [husband] during the last four years and upwards—namely, since the year 1901—has been an habitual drunkard, and has habitually left the petitioner without means of support.

The said C. B. [husband] during the last four years and upwards—namely, since the year 1901—has been an habitual drunkard, and has been habitually guilty of cruelty towards the petitioner by using abusive, offensive, and threatening language to her and beating her.

Habitual Drunkenness of Wife.—The said C. B. [wife] during the last four years and upwards—namely, since the year 1901—has been an habitual drunkard, and has habitually neglected her domestic duties and rendered herself unfit to discharge them.

Imprisonment for Attempted Murder.—The said C. B., on the 20th day of February, 1909, was convicted in Wellington of the offence of attempting to murder the petitioner [or E. F., a child of the petitioner], and was sentenced to a term of seven years’ imprisonment for such offence.

Murder of Child.—The said C. B., on the 20th day of February, 1909, was convicted at Wellington of the offence of murdering E. F., a child of the petitioner.

Lunacy.—The said C. B. is a person of unsound mind, and during the last ten years and upwards—namely, since the month of May, 1908—has been and still is confined as such in the Mental Hospital at Seacliff in accordance with the provisions of “ The Lunatics Act, 1908,” and the said C. B. is unlikely to recover from such unsoundness of mind.

[NOTE.—This form may be varied so as to meet other cases coming within the terms of subsection (1),(f), of section 21 of the Act, but in all cases the actual dates of the confinement must be stated.]

Incestuous Adultery.—On or about the 20th day of February, 1909, and on other days between that date and the 1st day of June, 1909, the said C. B. committed incestuous adultery with G. H., his father’s sister, at the Z. Hotel in the City of Wellington,