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v- i a v the old man in the divorce court was in his eighties ho had bei teparptto tram hls wife far mora than 30 years but unta the new divorce laws cameintojeflect last year the matrimonial bond was a ough one to break but now the old man is free current winter sittingto take advantage f t amended ca nada divorce act and finally terminate their unhappy un ions dhrorats jncraata a threefold increase in the number of divorce actions since the new laws was georgetown lawyer keniangdbns estimate it was lawyer langdon son of halton judge k m langdoh who issued the first divorce fee- ltition in halton county under the naw federal law that was on july 2 omast year day after -rejornv-law- came into ef fect since then there have been more than 130 petitions is sued in the county the lawyer jaaid about three times more than usual there are 40 divorce petit- ions to be heard in- the sup- renfe court in halton during the current sitting about hall this number were heard during a special supreme court sitting this week and the rest come up before mr justice lacourciere of toronto monday since there are a great many more divorce petitions- being filed there is a backlog of offi cial guardian reports to made these reports an whoso husband may have walked out on her with no in tention of ever coming back was previously barred from getting a divorce and marrying again unless it was a case of adultery now the deserted woman can retaliate and if the period of be separation is three years she the can take it to the divorce court children of the petitioning cou and then she will be free again before the case is heard he was one of the many mar ried people streaming through the supreme court in the hal- p be filed wth suprcmelh the person who petitions for ton county building during the court registrar gordon madillthe divorce is also the spouse ho did the deserting the sep aration period must be five years before the court will hear the case in other words jthcres a two year penalty for the des erter and deserting means lea ving home yourself or forcing the other to leave y madill is yet to receiye some of the guardian reports for the current petitions and for- this reason not all the 40 cases may be heard those that dont make it this time get to come back to the next supreme court sit ting in halton starting may 2 meanwhile in they come to be finally liberated from a bond of matrimony thats become meaningless they xome into the halton county courthouse with an anticipation of freedom they havent known for fiyeor wortlobroyearsorhbwever long its been since they last enjoyed the company of their spouse before ottawa amended the canadajdivorce act a person had to prove adultery before an unsuitable marriage could be dissolved a young attractive woman backs reform or the woman that it had to and now jrhes free langdon go on and on but that was the added and thats the big hap- iiwand on it went until a depenlng in the hahon court- eree nisi was granted a t thefaouse all these people are be- fall- sitting in halton undering liberated they come out of the new laws and the divorce court with freedom written all was made absolute in mid-dec- over their faces ember very handy pieces of egtrfflmant dont forgt though that when a battery is beta- charged hydrogen gas is generated and a match or a spark close by could result in a dangerous ex plosion till oeoroitown hirald thursday jan 1th lmf i page 13 v broad loom jor mayor objection the halton county the board has decided for the time being that the central administration offices will be at 0 wevouth service road east oakviue ontario arrangements are being made with the bell tele phone company for the installation of zenith numbers so that anyone in halton county may call these offices without long distance toll charges until these arrangements are completed anyone calling the central administration office is requestec call collect oakvile 8452501 langdon like all the lawyers appearing in halton county jeourthqusc currently heartily endorses new divorce laws the grounds for divorce have been widened greatly he sair and the procedure has been simplified it makes the law much less of a hyprocrite he added i think its a vast improvement imental cruelty is another new ground but the chiefne is the complete breakdown of a marriage due to a long separ ation during which little or- no thing has beendone to restore the union ken langdon thinking of giving it another whirl ken langdon recalled issuing the first new divorce petition in the county it was an acton woman who hadnt lived with her husband since he took off 25 years ago under the old act this mar riage would have to go on and on he noted it was meaning less and a cause of unhappiness es l ltcbultj have been home de corating night at council mon day night when a table rugs and- drapes for the mayors-offl- ce became a heated topic i cr ric morrow seconded by cr donna denison proposed the purchase of a table filing cabinet drapes and 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