Does a divorce take place if a person utters divorce euphemisms and doubts his firm intention?
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Among the jurisprudential rules are that certainty is not removed by doubt, that the default is non-existence, and that the default is the continuation of the marriage.
Accordingly, the matter remains that he did not intend divorce until proven otherwise, so this doubt has no effect on the marital bond.
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