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Home / I am considering divorce and want to know what my obligations will be afterwards towards my ex-wife and our children. I agree that she should have custody of the children as they are young. We are both Jewish.

I am considering divorce and want to know what my obligations will be afterwards towards my ex-wife and our children. I agree that she should have custody of the children as they are young. We are both Jewish.

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 09 June, 2022
Under Jewish law once a man is divorced he is under no financial obligation to support his ex-wife, though he can agree to do so. He is obliged to give her maintenance during the marriage if they were married in a Jewish religious ceremony.

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