The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)
[1940] P 28
[PROBATE, DIVORCE AND ADMIRALTY DIVISION]
REEVES v. REEVES (KING'S PROCTOR SHOWING CAUSE).
1939 Nov. 15.
BUCKNILL J.
Divorce
— Discretion
— Decree nisi for wife petitioner
— Wife's adultery after decree nisi
— Intervention of King's Proctor
— Purpose of interval before decree absolute
— Not a test of morality
— Principles applicable
— Decree to stand
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Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 178, proviso, as amended by Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), ss. 4, 181, 183, sub-s. 1.