Does a divorce occur if the husband says "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" as a joke to someone he does not know is his wife? And what are the consequences of the wife's action?
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If a husband addresses his wife with a divorce pronouncement while believing her to be a stranger, and he does not know that she is his wife, then the preponderant opinion is that the divorce does not take effect.
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