law: Convert's Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
  7. Suit to be commenced by verified petition
  The suit shall be commenced by a petition in
  
  the form in the First Schedule to this Act, or as near thereto as the
  
  circumstances of the case will allow.
  The statements made in the petition shall be
  
  verified by the petitioner in the manner required by law for the verification
  
  of plaints; and the petition 7[***] may be amended by permission of the Court.