Hearings
England & Wales
19 Dec 1980 [1981] Fam 143; [1981] 2 WLR 759; [1981] 2 All ER 465, CA
Purse v Purse
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Decree absolute — Death of party — Decree voidable — Death of petitioner — Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal to set aside decrees absolute and nisi
[1981] Fam 143; [1981] 2 WLR 759
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Petition — Dispensing with service — Insufficient inquiries to discover respondent's whereabouts — Whether irregularity rendering subsequent decrees nisi and absolute voidable — Discretion to set aside after petitioner's death — Matrimonial Causes Rules 1977, r 14