Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1861

15 Actions of Aliment.

Actions of Aliment in the Court of Session between Husband and Wife shall not be considered Inner House Causes, but shall be considered and disposed of in like Manner as other Consistorial Causes, except as herein-after provided as to Decrees in Absence; and Actions of Aliment at the Instance of other Parties shall not be considered Inner House Causes, but shall be disposed of by the Lord Ordinary (subject in both Cases to Reclaiming Note in common Form against his Interlocutors) in the same Way as such Causes are at present disposed of by the Judges of the Inner House: Provided always, that all Actions for Aliment shall be deemed Summary Causes both in the Outer and in the Inner House, and that where no Appearance is entered for the Defender, Decreet shall be pronounced in Absence without Proof, as in other Cases before the Court of Session.