Reeves v Reeves (King’s Proctor Showing Cause)

Subject Matter

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 — 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.