"Your Honor, I would like to advise that this is the fifth time that Mr. Athos Ali has not appeared at the divorce hearing. He deliberately harassed my client, Ms. Rylee Noor, by postponing the hearing," said Thomas, Rylee's attorney.
"I object, sir. Mr. Ali is experiencing serious health problems that require him to attend the hospital and stay for treatment," argued the opposing lawyer.
"So, Mr. Nathan is saying that since the day he filed for divorce from my client, he is not well or out of town. My lord, for two years, Mr. Ali has not attended any court hearing, and he is not even answering my client's calls, while my client, Mrs. Rylee, never missed a single court appearance, despite her demanding career," Thomas countered.
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