Woman granted divorce because her husband ignored her phone messages

A woman has been granted a divorce because her husband ignored her phone messages.

A court in Taiwan made the ruling after the ‘blue ticks’ on her phone messaging app showed the husband had read her messages but not replied.

The woman in her 50s, surnamed Lin, had complained that her partner had not answered messages she had sent through the Line app for a period of six months.

She proved to the family court in Hsinchu district that he had received her messages by showing the message tick symbols, the BBC reported.

Blue-ticking is common in apps such as Line and WhatsApp and indicates when someone has read your message.

Ms Lin said her husband refused to reply to her messages from hospital after she was involved in a car crash.

Judge Kao ruled that the ignored messages was sufficient evidence to show the couple’s marriage was irreconcilable.

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Her ruling said: ‘The defendant did not inquire about the plaintiff, and the information sent by the plaintiff was read but not replied to. The couple’s marriage is beyond repair.

‘Now internet communication is very common, so these can be used as evidence. In the past, we needed written hard copy evidence.’

The woman’s former partner did make one visit to the hospital, and also sent a single message – but rather than ask about her condition he told her something about their dog.

The couple had been married for five years. It was Ms Lin’s second marriage.

Her husband, who is in his 40s, had been struggling financially and she was paying most of the bills at their home, which they shared with his family.

Court documents claimed that the husband’s family monitored Ms Lin’s shower time and how much hot water she used.

Her mother-in-law suggested that Lin pay off her father-in-law’s taxes, it was alleged.

Judge Kao said the ignored messages were ‘the last straw’ for the troubled marriage.

Ms Lin said: ‘A normal couple shouldn’t treat each other like that. The Line messages were a very important piece of evidence.

‘It shows the overall state of the marriage… that the two parties don’t have good communication.’

Her husband, who has yet to show up for a court hearing, can file an appeal against the ruling.