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Guest — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:36:43 -0500

World's First Text Message Divorce

Samantha Louis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:15:00 -0500

We're sure more than one couple has gotten divorced over the contents of a spouse's text message. It was only a matter of time before two people actually got divorced by text message. But we assumed they'd be from a big city like L.A. or Tokyo — not the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.

That's the home of Wang Hong and Zhang Hai, a couple who were having trouble ending a four-year marriage because of their difficulty communicating with each other and the local judge. Both Hong and Hai are deaf and mute, making communication understandably difficult.

"In the end we found using mobile phone text messages was an effective way of communicating," said Judge Xue Lixin, who made an earnest effort save the marriage herself.

"I made some phone calls and met with Wang's relatives and friends and asked them to change her mind, but they failed. She came to court four times and confirmed in writing she was determined to divorce."

Turns out it took 200 texts to finally bring an end to the marriage. So that means the first recorded divorce by text wasn't impractical, impulsive or without effort — three things we're pretty sure will factor into the first big city text divorce. Any day now.

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World's First Text Message Divorce