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Does a husband's jokingly saying to his wife, "Consider yourself divorced," constitute a divorce, and does the wife's response, "Okay, I will consider that you divorced me," constitute her effecting a divorce upon herself, and is his statement considered an explicit delegation of divorce by which divorce occurs without intention?

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It appears that your husband's joking phrase is not an explicit divorce pronouncement, so no divorce takes place as a result, and similarly for your response. Entrusting or giving choice [regarding divorce] without an explicit utterance does not result in divorce unless there is an intention. Your husband should be careful about using divorce pronouncements in jest.

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