Minkin v. Minkin

180 N.J. Super. 260 (1981)

434 A.2d 665

BRENDA MINKIN, PLAINTIFF,

v.

BARRY MINKIN, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Bergen County.

Decided July 22, 1981.

Lucianna, Bierman & Stillman, for plaintiff (Steven Stillman of counsel).

Ferro, Lamb & Kern, for defendant (Ralph Ferro of counsel).

MINUSKIN, J.S.C.

Plaintiff wife moved post judgment for an order requiring the defendant to obtain and pay for the costs of a Jewish ecclesiastical divorce known as a "get."[1]

The significance of her motion is that only a husband may secure the get and without it the wife cannot remarry under…