A marriage in China between a foreigner and a Chinese citizen or between two foreigners is considered a "foreign-related marriage". All cases of divorce in China concerning a foreign-related marriage must be filed with the court.
"Domestic violence" refers to any act that causes physical, psychological and other kinds of harm to other family members by means of battering, binding, forcible restriction to the physical freedom or other means.
The Marriage Law expressly "prohibits bigamy". The so-called bigamy refers to the act of those who have a spouse and get married again, or who marry someone whom they know has a spouse.
