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Does divorce occur when a husband says to his angry wife: "If I find someone like you, I'll divorce you"?

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This is merely a promise of divorce, not an actual pronouncement of it, unless the husband intended to make the divorce contingent on the existence of a woman similar to her. The fundamental principle is that a promise of divorce has no effect unless the husband actualizes it.

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