Even after having dated for seven years, and being married for slightly more than a year, her husband refused to consummate their marriage.
After filing for a divorce in Feb 2011, she found out from court documents that her husband was originally a woman, according to a report by Shin Min Daily News. The report mentioned that the husband had undergone a sex change, and had earlier confessed to his wife that he is unable to conceive a child.
This is a rare case of divorce and division of marital assets in court, involving the 47-year-old wife, a group finance manager, and her 50-year-old husband, a tutor. They had married in 2009.
According to court documents, the couple had met online in 2002 and they lived together while they were dating, reported Lianhe Wanbao.
The wife said she wanted to buy a $730,000 apartment under her name as their love nest in 2009, but her husband requested to be a joint owner as a condition to marry her, according to Shin Min.
After the couple married, the husband's family also moved into the apartment. The husband and his family moved out a year later, however, when the couple's relationship soured.
In 2011, the wife applied for a divorce on the grounds that he refused to consummate their marriage. However, once she found out that her husband was originally a woman upon applying for divorce, she changed her reason to that her husband is a woman, said Shin Min.
The husband countered and said he was born a woman, but had undergone a sex change and told his wife he is unable to consummate their marriage or have children.
The court granted their divorce on the grounds that both husband and wife are female, according to the Chinese evening daily.
The wife said her husband wanted to get a divorce for money, referring to a text message.
In the message, the husband wrote that he had no money, and that a divorce may help him clear his debt, reported Shin Min.
The wife said that her husband had planned to request to split their apartment after their divorce to help him clear his debt.
Finally the judge ordered the apartment to be sold within six months and the money to be used to repay loans, after which 70 per cent of the revenue would belong to the wife, and 30 per cent would belong to the husband.
Dissatisfied, the husband appealed the decision, according to Lianhe Wanbao.
The wife said that since they were dating, her husband would often borrow money from her, and owed several banks a total of $80,000.
Although they were divorced, the two are going through a lawsuit over matrimonial assets.
The wife also said that she paid for housing loans, property taxes, fees, utilities, insurance, and even everyday items, while her husband only paid for half the utility bills while he was staying in the apartment.
The wife's net worth of more than $630,000 is reportedly more than three times that of her husband's, according to Shin Min Daily News. According to court documents, she earns $8,500 a month, while the husband earns between $3,000 to $3,300 a month.
The wife disclosed in court documents that she has a three-room flat, insurance, a car and more than $260,000 under her name.
The husband claimed he paid monthly mortgage of $1,400, and also bore costs for renovation.
The wife said that her husband had promised to return the money he owed her after their marriage, but did not do so and continued borrowing money from her to pay off bank loans - owing her a total of $20,000.
According to the Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), the husband had opened seven companies between 1989 to 2004, but all had gone out of business.
In Lianhe Wanbao's interview with Fang Wei Zhuang, a maternity specialist with Gleneagles Hospital, he said that a woman who has undergone a sex change will have male genitals and can have intercourse.
However, without testicles, the transgendered male is unable to produce sperm and have children, said Fang.
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