HARTMAN, J.C.C. (temporarily assigned).
The wife in this default action seeks an absolute divorce from her husband under the recently enacted 18-month separation statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:34-2(d).
This section, which became effective on September 13, 1971, permits a divorce between spouses who "have lived separate and apart in different habitations for a period of at least 18 or more consecutive months and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation...
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