§ Mr. Palmerasked the Attorney-General the number of divorce petitions filed; the decrees absolute granted; the number of judicial separation petitions 215W received; and the number of cases in which the King's Proctor intervened in the last period for which statistics are available.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn 1947 there were filed 47,041 petitions for divorce; 58,041 decrees absolute were granted. One hundred and forty-nine petitions for judicial separation were received. The King's Proctor intervened in altogether 30 cases.