K -v- L (Matrimonial)

Article 20 of the Matrimo nial Causes (Jersey) Law 1949 ("the Law") provides insofar as is relevant:-

"(1) Every decree for a divorce... shall, in the first instance, be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the expiration of such period, not exceeding six months, from the pronouncing thereof, as may be prescribed...

(2) After the pronouncing of the decree nisi, and before the decree is made absolute, any person... may, in the prescribed manner, show cause why the decree should not be made absolute by reason of the decree having been obtained by collusion or by reason of material facts not having been brought before the Court, and in any such case the Court may make the decree absolute, reverse the decree nisi, require further inquiry or otherwise deal with the case as the Court thinks fit.

(3) Where a decree nisi has been obtained and no application for the decree to be made absolute has been made by the party who obtained the decree then, at any time after the expiration of three months from the earliest date on which that party could have made such an application, the party against whom the decree nisi has been granted shall be at liberty to apply to the Court and the Court shall, on such application, have power to make the decree absolute, reverse the decree nisi, require further inquiry or otherwise deal with the case as the Court thinks fit."

"(1) If, after a decree nisi has been pronounced but before it has been made absolute, or after a decree of judicial separation has been pronounced, the petitioner and the respondent have become reconciled, either party may apply to the Greffier by summons for an order rescinding the decree by consent."