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The plaintiff submitted that the parties were married on 1 July 2010 and had one child. The plaintiff also submitted that after six months the parties' marriage had become quarrelsome because the defendant:

1. had carried on an extra-marital affair/clandestine marriage with another woman, having also impregnated the other woman;
2. had rarely provided the plaintiff with financial support; and
3. had physically assaulted the plaintiff when she confronted the defendant over his extra-marital affair.

On 16 September 2016, after learning about the defendant's extra-marital affair through a photograph on social media, the plaintiff left the parties' home to live with a family member.

While the plaintiff initially requested that the court grant her a divorce, she then requested that the court allow her to withdraw her application for divorce. The court acceded to the plaintiff's request.