Do the following cases constitute divorce: The wife's statement, "Give my ID, my private papers, and the contract to lawyer so-and-so," and the husband replies in the affirmative? The wife's statement, "Have the girls gather my clothes and send them to my family's house," and the husband replies in the affirmative? The husband uttering the word "divorce" in a low voice while he is thinking? And the husband's statement, "I don't want her," intending separation?

Divorce does not occur in the first two cases if you did not utter it explicitly or implicitly with the intention. As for the third case, if you utter the divorce in a low voice, intending to effectuate it, the divorce is valid, and it is not a condition for the wife to hear it. In the fourth case, if you say "I don't want her" intending divorce, the divorce occurs even if it was in a low voice, unless that was in a state of overwhelming obsessive thoughts, in which case it does not occur. It is preferable for the spouses to understand each other and resolve their problems without rushing into divorce.