Santos v Santos

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — “Living apart” — Physical separation — 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, s 2 (1) (d)

[1972] Fam 247; [1972] 2 WLR 889