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What is the position when a couple agree to divorce – and the ‘get’ at the rabbinate goes ahead – but it transpires that the wife tricked the husband into divorcing in their divorce agreement dealing with finances which was authorized at the family court ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 09 June, 2022
When there is a breach of a divorce agreement upon the basis of which the husband agreed to give his wife a ‘get’ there are ” weighty questions of Jewish law concerning the validity of the divorce” . It held that breach of the divorce agreement can lead to the ‘get’ (Jewish divorce) being invalid.

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