95
Article 95
De la Dissolution du Mariage
Titre V:
Du Mariage
(On Marriage)
Chapitre VI:
De la Dissolution du Mariage
(On the Dissolution of Marriage)
La dissolution du mariage a lieu, par la mort naturelle et civile, la démence, la fureur, l'imbécillité, et les maladies contagieuses incurables, tels que la ladrerie, le bouton et la lèpre.
Life lesson:
Marriage ends not only by death but by conditions that make life together impossible. The law is honest about human frailty.
Notes:
Grounds for dissolution: natural death, civil death, insanity, fury, imbecility, and incurable contagious diseases (leprosy, bouton, lepra). No divorce for cause — dissolution requires extreme medical or mental conditions. 'Civil death' refers to loss of legal personality through criminal conviction. Notably, adultery is not listed as grounds.