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England Validates "Get"
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Whether Great Britain’s civil
divorce courts would recognize a
religious divorce in England as dis
solving a marriage was decided last
week when a Britain justice made
a ruling that a Beth Din bill of
divorcement was valid under Eng
lish law.
Justice Pearce made the ruling
on the uncontested application of
Mrs. Hannah Har-Shefi, an English
citizen, who had married Elchanen
Har-Shefi in Israel in January, 11)50.
It was September 1951 when the
bill of divorcement was made in
London, and Mrs. Har-shefi was
asking Justice Pearce to declare
that she was unmarried under Eng
lish law.
Acknowledging that it was an un
usual and novel petition, the wom
an’s lawyer, John Mortimer, told
the judge: “The importance of this
case to her is that she does not
really know whether she is married
or single, and she has it in her mind
to marry again if she is free to do
so.”
By a majority, the Court of Ap
peal had decided that Mrs. Har-
Shefi was entitled to bring her prob
lem before the divorce court.
In his ruling, Justice Pearce de
clared that the main difficulty that
arose was whether the English
courts would recognize a religious
divorce in England as dissolving a
marriage.
The judge said that Mrs. Har-
Shefi’s marriage had been short and
unhappy. After the bill of divorce
ment, Har-Shefi got into trouble
with the English police and in Dec
ember, 1951, was deported back to
Tel Aviv.
Mrs. Har-Shefi had an English
domicile of origin and she resumed
her English domicile after her
divorce from her husband who was
domiciled in Israel.
The judge was satisfied by the
evidence that in conformity with
Jewish law the husband presented
a bill of divorcement to his wife
before the Chief Rabbi of the Beth
Din.
“I am satisfied by the evidence
of the Senior Ecclesiastical Judge
(Dayan I. Grunfeld) that the
divorce did take place and that it
was valid according to Jewish law,”
Justice Pearce stated.
“My view is that the court must
recognize the validity of that
divorce.”
After referring to a legal text
book, the judge added: “This mar
riage has been dissolved by the only
form of divorce wdiich is open to a
person of the husband’s faith
domiciled in Israel. That must be a
valid divorce under English law.”
A divorce which is valid under
Jewish law is a “Get,” and may be
given before any recognized Beth
Din anywhere in or outside of the
confines of Israel.
In this case, the “Get” was given
before the London Beth Din, but
the whole question turned upon
what was the domicile of the hus-
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