The making of a magistrates' court maintenance order also provided indication of the date of separation.
Ideally, a court maintenance order should then be made so that it can be sent abroad to be enforced.
We have no precise information on how the maintenance order system works.
Many wives find it difficult to extract maintenance order money, particularly at this time of inflation.
Well, now the wife must apply both for a separation and a maintenance order together.
It stands to reason that if a man or woman can get a maintenance order the application for separation again and again will not arise.
Another very strong case is that of the wife who is deserted by her husband and gets a maintenance order, and then he disappears.
In that case he can always return to the court and ask for the maintenance order to be varied.
