Section 18 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970

Section 18 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Constructive desertion. It provides as follows:

A married person whose conduct constitutes just cause or excuse for the other party to the marriage to live separately or apart, and occasions that other party to live separately or apart, shall be deemed to have wilfully deserted that other party without just cause or excuse, notwithstanding that that person may not in fact have intended the conduct to occasion that other party to live separately or apart.