; How to deal with divorce cases in which the defendant does not appear in court: First, the plaintiff should bring a lawsuit to the grassroots people's court where the plaintiff lives. According to the provisions of Article 12 of the Supreme People's Court's Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Civil Litigation in People's Republic of China (PRC), a case in which one spouse has left his domicile for more than one year and the other spouse has filed a divorce lawsuit shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the plaintiff's domicile. Second, in divorce proceedings, both the original defendant and the defendant must appear in court, which is correct. According to the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, both the original defendant and the defendant in divorce cases should attend court proceedings unless they are unable to express their wishes. If you can't appear in court under special circumstances, you must submit a written opinion to the court on whether to agree to divorce. Although the law stipulates that both parties in divorce proceedings must attend the proceedings in court, it does not mean that one party does not attend the proceedings in court, and the other party's divorce proceedings will not be supported by the court. The provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, the default judgment system and the announcement service system can still safeguard the other party's right to request divorce. In practice, a large number of couples' feelings have broken down and there is no possibility of reconciliation, but one party's whereabouts are unknown in order not to divorce, which leads to long-term instability of marriage relations. In order to protect the other party's right to request divorce, the Civil Procedure Law stipulates that if the defendant refuses to appear in court after two legal summonses, he may be tried in absentia. Relevant legal documents can be served by public announcement, that is, if the whereabouts of the addressee are unknown, it shall be deemed as served 60 days after the date of public announcement. To sum up, the court's handling procedures for defendants who do not appear in court are as follows: first, the legal documents such as a copy of the complaint, a summons and a notice of appearance are announced. If the defendant fails to appear in court at the expiration of the announcement, it shall also be deemed that the defendant has been summoned. If he does not appear in court without justifiable reasons, the court may make a judgment by default. In this way, the plaintiff's legitimate rights and interests in divorce proceedings can be protected.