Read the full judgment text of FCMC 007834/1997 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 27 November 1997.
1. In this suit the husband petitions for divorce on the ground that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years. I shall refer to them as the husband and the wife. I have before me three summonses which I will identify in the order in which I intend to deal with them in the course of this judgment. Firstly, a summons dated 30th September 1997 by the wife for an order that the husband's petition be dismissed or alternatively stayed on the ground that it is an abuse