Assalam alykum Ustadh, if a legal divorce is initiated by a husband is it counted as one Islamic talaq? Or does he still have to give it verbally for it to be islamically valid ? Jazak allahu khairan

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

There are different views regarding this, and these matters should be taken to courts and official fatwas given from muftis.