Yesterday Israel’s High Court of Justice issued a ground breaking divorce ruling.
As Israel National News reports, a woman who refused to divorce her husband has been put under sanctions by the court, ordering her to pay NIS 2,000 ($520) a week until she agrees to the divorce.
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Under Jewish law, both men and women are not permitted to remarry unless they receive a proper Jewish divorce, which cannot be done if one party refuses.
It is more typical for men to deny their wives a divorce, leaving them known as “chained women.” However there are growing cases of “chained men” too. It is thought that the latter is usually due to women not wanting to part ways for financial reasons.
Bangkok divorce lawyers Chaninat and Leeds have decades of experience successfully obtaining divorces on behalf of their clients.
This particular divorce case was approved by the Rabbinical Court in 2008, however the women refused to accept the document – which is required by Jewish law.
Her husband brought numerous actions against her in Rabbinical court, but was unsuccessful. He eventually sued and the Rabbinical court agreed she would be fined NIS 2,000 per week until she agreed to the divorce. She refused to pay, and the case went to the high court.
Yesterday the high court agreed with the Ranninical decision, and ordered her to pay until she agreed to the divorce.
Read more here.
This story is reminiscent of the ‘triple talaq’ that Muslim Indians are using to get an instant divorce from their wives, frequently over text message or social media.
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