The most important reasons are the following:

- If a woman remarries after dissolution of the marriage or the death of the husband

- If a woman is “dissonant” or misbehaves for as long as she maintains the same behavior

- If she is the cause for breaking the couple’s common life.

Personal status laws use the adjective “dissonant” exclusively for women when they leave the marital home without any valid excuse. We shall examine this matter under Chapter 8 on cohabitation.