My husband and I lived together in the South. We split up, I moved back to the Galilee kibbutz where I grew up and he went to live with his family in the north. We want to divorce. When I enquired I was told that the divorce plea has to be filed at the rabbinical court where we last lived together. Is this so, or can it be made at a location more convenient to both of us ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 10 May, 2022In principle the Rabbinical Court Regulations states that pleas between spouses are to be made at the district rabbinical court in the area where they live or last lived together. However, the regulations also state that an agreement can be made regarding local jurisdiction . Thus a husband and wife who no longer live together and who have moved to a different part/s of the country can decide on a mutually- convenient geographical location . The rabbinical court at which they choose to file their plea reserves the right not to accept its jurisdiction even where the sides have made an agreement, but it must give reasons.