The Taichung District Court believed that the husband had been away from home for 16 years, and the son also testified that he seemed to have disappeared, so he decided to divorce.

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[Reporter Zhang Ruizhen/Taichung Report] A couple in Taichung City got married in 1989, but the husband lost contact in 2006. After 16 years, the wife entrusted her son to find her husband (father). The husband has already formed another family and is willing to sign a divorce Unexpectedly, when the two met at the household registration office to register for divorce, the husband broke the appointment, and the wife had to file a divorce lawsuit. The son testified that his father left home when he was in the 6th grade of his elementary school. "It was only after I grew up that I realized that he really had another family living together outside." The Taichung District Court believed that the husband abandoned his wife and ignored the family management, and ruled to grant a divorce.

The verdict pointed out that the wife claimed that she and her husband had been married for about 17 years. The husband left home in 2006. She could not find the defendant. It has been 16 years since the two separated. When the husband was found, the son took the divorce agreement to the husband to sign, and made an appointment for the two parties to go to the household registration office to register for divorce, but the husband did not show up.

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The Taichung District Court notified the husband, but he did not appear in court, nor did he make any written statements or representations. The son testified, "When my country was in the 6th grade, my father disappeared as if the world had disappeared, and he did not come home until my grandfather and grandmother I only came home when I passed away," he emphasized, "After my father left, my mother entrusted us to my uncle and aunt, and she went out to make money. My parents have not lived together since the 6th grade of my primary school. My father may have other people outside. When I was young, I didn’t understand, but when I grew up, I found out that he really lived with another family outside, because my father had brought his girlfriend who was outside to see us.”

The son also said that he gave the divorce agreement to his father, "Dad also signed it, and I made an appointment for the two parties to go to the household registration office for divorce registration, but my father did not show up."

The judge held that the husband has not lived with his wife since he left home without reason in 2006. Separation for a long time, no emotion, loss of love foundation in married life, no support for each other, no desire to support each other to build a harmonious and happy family, the judgment grants divorce, and can appeal.