Anonymous v. Tel Aviv-Jaffa Regional Rabbinical Court
Israel Supreme Court
HCJ 2232/03, 61(3) PD 496 (2006)

- Written by Whitney Waldenberg, JD
Facts
The anonymous petitioner (the wife) (plaintiff) and her husband were Jewish Israeli citizens who got married in a civil, non-Jewish ceremony in the country of Cyprus. The husband sought a divorce from a rabbinical court in Israel, and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Regional Rabbinical Court (defendant) dissolved the marriage by means of a divorce decree without the consent of the wife. Normally, a divorce under Jewish law required the consent of the parties. The wife filed a petition against the rabbinical court in the Israel Supreme Court, seeking to nullify the divorce decree on the ground that the dissolution was improperly granted without her consent.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Barak, J.)
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