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Divorce.
Denial.
Condonation.
Connivance.
FORM 7.
ANSWER BY HUSBAND TO A WIFE'S PETITION.
(General Heading)
The respondent A. B. in person (or by his solicitor), in answer to the petition filed in this cause, saith-
1. Denial of domicile of parties and nature of the marriage as in Form 5 with necessary variations.
2. That he denies that he has been guilty of the charges of adultery, (or rape as the case may be) alleged against him in the said petition, or any of them.
3. That the petitioner condoned the acts of adultery (if any) alleged in the said petition.
4. That the petitioner has connived at the adultery (if any) alleged in the said petition.
The respondent therefore humbly prays, etc.
Paragraphs 3 and 4 and any subsequent paragraphs containing counter-charges must be verified by affidavit. See Form 6.
Denial of knowledge that respondent was a married woman.
FORM 8.
ANSWER BY CO-RESPONDENT.
(General Heading)
X. Y., the co-respondent, in answer to the petition filed in this cause, saith-
1. Denial of domicile of parties and nature of the marriage as in Form 5 with necessary variations.
2. That he denies that he committed adultery with the said C. B., as alleged in the said petition.
(Allege any countercharges as in Form 6, and add as a final paragraph)
That at the time when the co-respondent committed the acts of adultery (if any) alleged in the said petition he did not know that the respondent was a married woman.
Wherefore the said X. Y. prays that this Honourable Court will reject the prayer of the said petitioner and order him to pay the costs of and incidental to the said petition.
(Signed.)
(All countercharges and final paragraph must be verified by affidavit See Form 6.)
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