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Divorce in the Commonwealth a Comparative Study

IN the decade 1959 to 1969 four Commonwealth legislatures passed statutes which are major enactments in the field of family law, and naturally invite some comment of a comparative nature. They are the Australian Matrimonial Causes Act 1959. the New Zealand Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963, the Canadian Divorce Act 1968, and the English Divorce Reform Act 1969. The variety of titles is of no significance beyond emphasising that in Canada federal jurisdiction in matrimonial matters is restricted to divorce, and that the English Act, though in form an amendment to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1965, is confined to one section only of matrimonial causes. In this article it is proposed to limit comparison to the background of the statutes, the grounds of divorce, and the provision made to safeguard the interests of respondents in divorce based on separation.