Judge overseeing divorce considers giving abused wife more time in family home

The judge found the man has breached maintenance orders and ordered him to pay all outstanding maintenance by December 3 or face contempt proceedings.

The judge said he was prepared to grant a decree of divorce and various other orders. File image

A High Court judge is considering making an order deferring for several years the sale of the home of a woman and her two young children.

The sale order was obtained by the woman’s estranged and previously abusive husband from the Circuit Court so he could buy a house for himself, his new partner and their baby.