Beijing Haidian Court Demands Alleged Adulterer to Prove His Own Innocence

• Author: Wang Qiushi

Due to the difficulty of adhering to the evidentiary principle of “Ei incombit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat."(The burden of proof rests on who asserts, not on who denies)” to deal with procuring evidence in divorce proceedings with third-party involvement, Beijing Haidian Court implemented a new principle: as long as the innocent party has preliminary evidence proving the existence of the third party, the burden of...