Stein v. Stein

OPINION OF THE COURT

Patricia P. Satterfield, J.

Husband, by petition, under Queens County index No. 10984/ 99, and cross motion, seeks to confirm the decision of a rabbinical tribunal (Beth Din), and to dismiss wife’s motion for pendente lite relief pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5), alleging that the relief requested was already resolved by voluntary arbitration.

Both parties to this action were born and raised in Israel. They were married in Israel in 1979 and emigrated to the United States in 1986. There are two children of the marriage, ages 10 and 6. The wife is 39 years old and is a full-time…