The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1972] Fam 247
[COURT OF APPEAL]
SANTOS
v.
SANTOS
1971 Dec. 16,
17:
1972 Jan. 11;
Feb. 16
1972 Jan. 11;
Feb. 16
Davies and Sachs L.JJ. and Ormrod J.
Husband and Wife
— Divorce
— Parties living apart for two years
— “Living apart”
— Wife returning to England
— Husband remaining abroad
— Three short visits to husband
— Whether physical separation sufficient to constitute “living apart”
— Whether additional mental element required
— Whether need to communicate petitioner's recognition of breakdown to respondent
—
Divorce Reform Act 1969 (c. 55), s. 2 (1) (d)