YOU SAID:

I did have a wife, but they took her in the divorce.

INTO JAPANESE

私には妻がいましたが、離婚で妻を引き取りました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I had a wife, but I took her in a divorce.

INTO JAPANESE

私には妻がいましたが、離婚して妻を引き取りました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I had a wife, but I divorced and adopted her.

INTO JAPANESE

妻がいましたが、離婚して養子にしました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I had a wife, but I divorced and adopted.

INTO JAPANESE

妻がいましたが、離婚して養子を迎えました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

He had a wife, but he divorced and adopted a child.

INTO JAPANESE

彼には妻がいましたが、離婚して養子をとりました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

He had a wife, but he divorced and adopted a child.