
Question 29: During the trial of the divorce case, if a spouse as the defendant is summoned properly by the Court for the second time but he or she is still absent, does the Court have the right to continue conducting the trial without the presence of the absentee? If the defendant has applied to petition the Court to conduct the hearing in his or her absence, does the Court have the right to continue conducting the trial?
Since divorce is considered as a civil case, the hearing of the divorce case shall comply with the regulations of the Civil Proceedings Law. If the spouses are absent whether or not they have a legitimate reason not to be present after being properly summoned by the Court for the first time, the hearing shall…