Is a divorce considered final if the husband says to his wife, "This is my situation if you want to live with me," or something similar, and the wife responds, "I don't want to"? And what is the ideal approach to deal with this matter given the husband's obsessive thoughts and his inability to recall his intention?
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In the case of choice and delegation regarding divorce by allusion, divorce does not occur unless intended by both spouses. If there is doubt about the intention, this doubt should be disregarded, because the original state is the continuation of the marriage.
Therefore, the divorce did not occur based on what was mentioned in the question. It is advisable to turn away from obsessive thoughts and to beware of excessive questioning and elaborations that increase obsessive thoughts and disturb the mind.
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