DIVORCE SUITS Undefended Cases Three Decrees Granted
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tuesday 3 October 1933 p 10 Article
DIVORCE SUITS
Undefended Cases
Three Decrees Granted
Three undefended petitions for divorce
were heard by Mr. Justice Crisp at
Hobart yesterday, and in each case a
decree nisi was granted.
In the first suit a petition had been
lodged by Walter Maurice Rumney
against Esther Rumney on the ground
of desertion, but the petitioner did not
appear, and Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, ICC.
(Ogilvie, McKenna, and Morris) asked
that the petition should be dismissed,
and sought to provo a counter-petition
by the wife on the ground of desertion.
Esther Rumney said that on March
3, 1918, she was married to Walter
Maurice Rumney, and for 10 or 11
years they lived in Launceston. After
the first two years her husband became
neglectful, and left her at week-ends,
and used to stay out nearly all night.
In 1929 she went to Melbourne at her
husband's suggestion, and lived with
his mother. She had some letters from
him, and he visited Melbourne a few
months afterwards, but refused to take
her back to Launceston. He would not
allow her to live with him, and in 1931
visited Melbourne with a woman friend,
and asked her to divorce, him. She re-
fused. In March, 1933, he entered into
an agreement to pay her 27s. 6d. a week.
Alice Norah Chivors, mother of the
petitioner, gave evidence in support of
respondent's case.
His Honor assented to Mr. Ogilvie's
request to dismiss the petition, and
granted respondent a decree nisi on
the ground of desertion. Maintenance
of 27s. 6d. a week was granted.