LEE KUO CHIN v LUO CHUNXIANG
Catchwords
Family Law — Divorce — Petition for dissolution — Irretrievable breakdown — Statutory threshold — Whether Court must be positively satisfied — Sections 53(2) and 54 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 — Nature of inquiry — Whether bare assertion sufficient — Requirement of primary facts — Whether petition must disclose coherent factual matrix — Evidential burden on petitioner Family Law — Divorce — Desertion — Meaning — Requirement of continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding petition — Whether physical absence sufficient — Need to establish continuity and factual basis for abandonment — Whether immigration records prove desertion — Sections 54(1)(c) Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 Family Law — Divorce — Evidence — Sufficiency — One-sided proceedings — Respondent absent — Ex parte hearing — Whether absence lowers evidential threshold — Role of corroboration — Whether lack of independent supporting evidence affects weight — Court’s duty to scrutinise evidence Family Law — Divorce — Procedure — Exemption from reference to conciliatory body — Exemption from service and attendance — Effect of prior orders — Whether procedural exemptions affect substantive burden — Section 106 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 Family Law — Divorce — Just and reasonable — Evaluative threshold — Whether Court must consider all circumstances — Incomplete factual matrix — Whether dissolution justified — Section 54(2) Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 Family Law — Divorce — Petition — Contents — Compliance in form versus substance — Whether sufficient particulars of breakdown — Failure to disclose material facts — Section 57 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 Family Law — Divorce — Decree nisi — Whether may be made absolute immediately — Statutory waiting period — Absence of exceptional circumstances — Section 61 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976
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