
Question 24: Has the Court kept resolving a divorce case even if a spouse who is the plaintiff withdraws his or her divorce petition but the defendant disagrees on the withdrawal? If the answer is yes, has the Court suspended the case and established a new case with the interchange of the roles between the plaintiff and the defendant?
Respecting the right of spouses to self-determination is one of the basic principles in the adjudicating civil lawsuits. Therefore, the plaintiff has the right to withdraw the divorce requesting petition (actually a petition) during the process of resolving the case[2]. However, the conditions needed to conduct the right to withdraw the petition for a legal…