Questione giuridica chiave
Whether a joint divorce petition may be withdrawn after the first-instance divorce judgment but before finality.
Decisione estratta
Yes. A jointly submitted divorce petition can still be withdrawn by agreement of both spouses until the divorce judgment has become final.
Motivazione estratta
The special rule on challenging a divorce judgment for defects of will applies where only one spouse seeks to retract a jointly agreed petition. Here both spouses wanted to abandon the divorce altogether. A consensual withdrawal of the earlier agreement is therefore possible without invoking defects of will. Consistent with prior case law and doctrine, such a withdrawal is admissible until the appeal period expires; the case must then be discontinued.