Mountbatten v Mountbatten

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Foreign decree — Conflict of jurisdiction — Foreign decree recognized lay court of wife's “ordinary residence” — Decree obtained outside the jurisdiction of that court — Parties domiciled in England — Whether decree recognized in England — Collusion — Effect — “Ordinary residence” — Whether determined by founding proceedings on residence in other State — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 18 (1) (a) (b).

[1959] P 43; [1959] 2 WLR 128, PDA

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Collusion — Foreign decree — Effect on.

[1959] P 43; [1959] 2 WLR 128, PDA

RESIDENCE — Divorce — “Ordinary residence” — Whether detrained by founding proceedings on residence in other State.

[1959] P 43; [1959] 2 WLR 128, PDA

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