After the agreement has been authorised by a family court or a religious court having jurisdiction over the divorce (e.g. rabbinical court or Moslem religious court),and has been incorporated into a judgment, if one of the parties fails to fulfil his/her obligations under it) then the other side can take legal action to enforce the judgment. Enforcing means ensuring it is put into action, or carried out, as agreed upon in the agreement that has been authorized and incorporated into a judgment.

For example, if a father fails to pay child maintenance according to the conditions agreed upon in the couple’s court authorized divorce agreement, the mother can file for the enforcement of the judgment at the Bailiff’s Office. She can even take action against him to ensure payment (eg by apply for orders freezing his bank account, or preventing him from leaving the country, or to imprison him).