
Question 108: In a divorce case, if a witness is required by the Court to attend the trial but that there is a proper reason for him or her not to attend (for example, he or she is attending a long term business trip, studying abroad in a foreign country, is receiving medical treatment or taking care of sick relatives, or living far away from the Court) can he or she not participate in the trial?
Under the law, witnesses are obliged to be present at the trial if summoned by the Court. If they fail to attend, the Court may decide to have the witness escorted to the trial. In this case, the witnesses will be forced to be escorted to the trial by the police regardless of their will….