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had issue of their said marriage
af whom
and ages).
5. That on the
between that day and
children,
survive; that is to say (give names
day of
in
and on other days
the said C. B. at
committed adultery with X. Y.
(Or)
That during the
day of
}
and that,
may be) X. Y. frequently visited the said C. B. at
period at
with the said X. Y.
years immediately preceding the (or as the case
on divers occasions during the said the said C. B. committed adultery
6. That no collusion or connivance exists between your Petitioner and his said wife, or between your Petitioner and the said X, Y, for the purpose of obtaining a dissolution of the said marriage or for any other purpose.
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that this Honourable Court will decree a dissolution of the said marriage, that your Petitioner may have the custody of his said children (and that the said X. Y. do pay the sum of $ as damages by reason of his having committed adultery with your Petitioner's said wife, such damages to be paid to your Petitioner or otherwise paid or applied as to this Honourable Court may seem fit, or as the case may be).
(Signed) A. B.
The address for service of the Petitioner is
1, A. B., make oath and say that the statements contained in the foregoing petition are to the best of my knowledge, information and belief in all respects true.
Sworn at
the
day of
Before me
Commissioner to administer oaths.
(Signed) A. B.
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No. 3.
PETITION BY A WIFE FOR DISSOLUTION OF HER MARRIAGE, CONTAINING EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS CHARGES ON WHICH SUCH A PETITION MAY
BE GROUNDED.
SHEWETH:
(General Heading).
The Petition of C. B. (siate place of residence).
1. That the domicile of your Petitioner and of her husband the said A. B. is within the Colony of Hong Kong.
2. That your Petitioner, then C. D. (spinster or widow, as the case may be), was on the
day of
married to A. B. (description), at present residing at
at (insert place of marriage as in Form 2).
lawfully
3. That the said marriage was a Christian marriage (or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage).