My husband has never hit me but constantly criticizes, humiliates and shouts at me in front of the children. He also goes mad at them all the time when they do something ‘wrong’. Is his behaviour acceptable in the eyes of the law or can I do anything against it ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 03 May, 2022Constant criticism, humiliation and shouting are forms of what the Supreme Court has recognized as ‘emotional violence’ and are regarded as unacceptable . In extreme cases this negative behaviour alone – in the absence of physical violence – can justify an order being granted to keep the perpetrator out of the family home . Orders can be made against the husband in cases of emotional violence as part of a wife’s plea for ‘ quiet living’( prevention orders ) or under the Prevention of Family Violence Act of 1991 (protection orders) .