1. The wife is entitled to request divorce due to the absence of her husband whose domicile or place of residence is known if he is absent from her for a period of not less than (6) six months, even if he has property from which maintenance can be paid, unless the absence is due to work. The ruling shall not be issued until after warning him either to reside with his wife, or to transfer her to him, or to divorce her, provided that he is given a period not exceeding (180) one hundred and eighty days from the date of serving the warning to him. 2. The wife of a missing person whose domicile or place of residence is unknown may request divorce, and she shall not be granted such a ruling until after investigation and searching for him and the passage of one year from the date of filing the case. 3. The wife of an imprisoned person who has been sentenced to a final judgment restricting freedom for a period of (3) three years or more may request the court -after one year of his imprisonment- to divorce her from him irrevocably, even if he has property from which she can spend. Such ruling in favor of the wife to revoke the marriage contract is subject to the condition that the husband does not get out of prison during the consideration of the case or that less than (6) six months remain of his imprisonment sentence.
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