Beatrice Venetia Perera v. Arthur Simon Perera – sllr 1987 volume 2 page 106

In the case between BEATRICE VENETIA PERERA (appellant/wife) and ARTHUR SIMON PERERA (respondent/husband), the court addressed the issue of entitlement to maintenance under the Maintenance Ordinance when the husband’s offer of maintenance was conditional upon the wife cohabiting with him. It was held that the wife’s persistent refusal to accept such offers, absent sufficient proof of misconduct or cruelty, disentitled her to maintenance. The holding reaffirmed the principle that an offer of maintenance contingent on cohabitation is valid unless clear evidence of unreasonableness or misconduct is present. The decision relied on sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Maintenance Ordinance and relevant case law, emphasizing that the appellant’s unproven allegations did not render the respondent’s offer