New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT 1899 - SECT 69

69 Trial by jury

(1) The Court may if it thinks fit direct any issue to be determined before itself or any Judge of the Supreme Court by the verdict of a jury.

(2) Any party to a suit for dissolution of marriage may require the contested issues therein to be tried by a jury.

(2A) A husband claiming damages may require the issues in the suit to be tried by a jury and the amount of the damages to be recovered to be ascertained by the verdict of a jury, although the respondent or co-respondent, or both the respondent and co-respondent, do not appear.

(3) The Court may direct any issue to be tried on circuit and may make all necessary orders for the setting down of the case and the return of the findings therein and respecting the costs of the trial.