The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1973] Fam 217
[FAMILY DIVISION]
DRYDEN
v.
DRYDEN
1973 Feb. 1,
2,
5,
6,
7;
March 7
March 7
Sir George Baker P.
Husband and Wife
— Divorce
— Decree
— Decree absolute
— Validity
— Petition based on five years' separation
— Irregularity in proceedings
— Decree absolute expedited without knowledge of respondent wife
— Wife deprived of right for financial provision to be determined before decree made absolute
— Whether decree absolute void or voidable
—
Divorce Reform Act 1969 (c. 55), s. 6
Husband and Wife
— Marriage
— Capacity to marry
— Validity of decree absolute
— Petitioner remarrying after decree absolute and before expiration of time for appeal against decree
— Whether marriage valid
—
Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 (c. 72), s. 8 (1)
—
Nullity of Marriage Act 1971 (c. 44), s. 1