Showing posts with label Jewish divorce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jewish divorce. Show all posts
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Husband's Defamation Action Against Organization Assisting His Wife in Obtaining a Get Is Dismissed

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 In Satz v. Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, Inc. ,  (SD NY, March 28, 2024), a New York federal district court dismissed a husban...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Interference With Contractual Relationship Created by Jewish Marriage Contract Is Not Actionable

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In S.E. v. Edelstein , (OH App., March 25, 2024), an Ohio state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a suit for intentional interferenc...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Religious Marriage Without Marriage License and Later Annulled by Religious Court Is Still Recognized By New York

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 In T.I. v. R.I. , (NY Sup Ct Kings Cty, March 20, 2024), a New York state trial court held that the state would recognize a couple's ma...
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Court Enforces Arbitration Award Requiring Husband to Furnish Jewish Bill of Divorce

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In S.I. v. M.I. ,  (NJ App., March 22, 2024), a New Jersey state appellate court held that a husband was required to comply with an arbitrat...
Friday, September 08, 2023

Video Pressing Estranged Husband to Give Wife a Get Is Protected Speech

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In S.B.B. v. L.B.B. ,  (NJ App., Sept. 6, 2023), a New Jersey appellate court vacated a Final Restraining Order (FRO) issued by a trial cour...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

CT Supreme Court Upholds Refusal to Enforce Ketubah in Divorce Action

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In Tilsen v. Benson ,  (CT Sup. Ct., Sept. 5, 2023), the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a trial court's refusal to enforce the provisi...
Monday, August 21, 2023

Enforcing Agreement To Cooperate With Jewish Religious Court Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Satz v. Satz , (NJ Super., Aug. 18, 2023), a New Jersey state appellate court upheld a trial court's order enforcing a marital settle...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Parties Cannot Be Forced to Arbitration Over Issues Surrounding Jewish Religious Divorce

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In Bierig-Kiejdan v. Kiejdan ,  (NJ App., Feb. 16, 2023), a New Jersey state appeals court held that a family court judge could not order pa...
Friday, July 01, 2022

Court Enforcement Of Divorce Agreement Involving Acceptance of "Gett" Creates No Free Exercise Problem

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In Mishler v. Mishler , (TX App., June 30, 2022), a Texas state appellate court held that there is no state or federal free exercise problem...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

California Court Says "Get" Denial Can Be Basis For Denying Husband Child Custody

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The Forward last week reported on a February 7 decision by a California trial court which interpreted 2020 amendments to the state's Fa...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

British Criminal Prosecution of Husband For Coercive Behavior Used To Obtain Jewish Divorce ("Get")

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Britain's Serious Crime Act 2015, Sec. 76 , criminalizes controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship. Jewish...
Saturday, January 04, 2020

Court Refuses To Examine Parties' Need For Jewish Religious Divorce

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In A.W. v. I.N. , (Sup Ct Nassau Cty NY, Jan. 2, 2020), a New York state trial court held that the 1st Amendment precludes it from looking b...
Monday, September 02, 2019

British Appeals Court Upholds Order For Payments Until A "Get" Is Granted

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In Moher v. Moher ,  (EWCA, Aug. 21, 2019), Britain's Court of Appeal upheld an order issued by a trial court in a divorce action requir...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Indian Court Says Jewish Divorce By Mutual Consent Not Permitted

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Times of India today reports on a Sept. 24 decision by the Family Court in Mumbai denying a Jewish couple's petition for divorce by mut...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Israel Expands Rabbinical Court Divorce Jurisdiction To Cover Recalcitrant Non-Israeli Husbands

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On Monday, Israel's Knesset passed a new law giving Israeli Rabbinical Courts jurisdiction over divorces outside of Israel between non-I...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Proposed Knesset Bill Would Extend Israeli Rabbinical Court Jurisdiction Extraterritorially

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JTA reports on an interesting family law bill that passed the first of three readings in Israel's Knesset earlier this month.  Jewish r...
Tuesday, February 06, 2018

Israeli Rabbinical Judges Immune In State Court At Suggestion of State Department

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In Ben-Hiam v. Edri ,  (NJ App., Feb. 5, 2018), a New Jersey appellate court held that a State Department "suggestion of immunity"...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

3rd Circuit Rejects Religious Practice Defenses By Rabbis In Divorce Kidnapping Prosecutions

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In United States v. Stimler ,  (3d Cir., July 7, 2017), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of three Orthodox Jewis...
Friday, January 27, 2017

3rd Circuit Hears Appeal In Convictions For Coercing Jewish Divorce Documents

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The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard oral arguments in United States v. Stimler.  (Audio of full oral arguments.)  In th...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

New York Trial Court Holds State's "Get" Law Unconstitutional In Some Applications

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In an important decision handed down last week, a New York state trial court held unconstitutional, at least in some situations, the New Yor...