The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)
[1959] P 38
[DIVISIONAL COURT]
JONES
v.
JONES.
1958 Oct. 15.
Lord Merriman P. and Hewson J.
Husband and Wife
— Maintenance
— Justices
— Wilful neglect to maintain
— Order against husband under section 43 of the
National Assistance Act, 1948
— Whether wilful neglect can be found if order obeyed
— Husband not informed of wife's need for further support
— No element of misconduct
— Therefore no wilful neglect to maintain
—
Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 39), s. 4
—
National Assistance Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 29), s. 43.