Legal Opinion
Rubin v. Rubin
New York City Family Court
Decided September 17, 1973PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStanley Gartenstein, J.
This proceeding pursuant to article 4 of the Family Court Act for the support of the petitioning former wife brings into focus the interaction between the matrimonial laws of this State and the Jewish religious law of divorce when made relevant by contractual act between parties to an agreement. With the sociological reality of a tremendously increased divorce rate upon us, a phenomenon which cuts across all levels of society, Orthodox Jews find themselves in matrimonial litigation more often and courts are called upon to weigh the import of ecclesiastical laws which are often made crucial by…
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