New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT 1899 - SECT 24

24 To petition by husband

(1) Where the husband presents a petition for dissolution of marriage he shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent to the petition unless on special grounds to be allowed by the Court he is excused from so doing.

(2) Where the wife presents a petition for dissolution of marriage the Court may if it sees fit direct that the person with whom the husband is alleged to have committed adultery be made a respondent.

(3) In either of the cases hereinbefore mentioned the Court may after the close of the evidence for the petitioner direct such co-respondent or respondent to be dismissed from the suit if it thinks there is not sufficient evidence against him or her.