Avitzur v. Avitzur

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mahoney, P. J.

Married in a Jewish religious ceremony on May 22, 1966, plaintiff and defendant signed a written agreement known as a “Ketubah” that same day as part of the religious ceremony. On May 17, 1978, defendant obtained a civil divorce in the State Supreme Court on the ground of plaintiff’s cruel and inhuman treatment. Desirous of obtaining a Jewish religious divorce, known as a “Get”, plaintiff commenced this action in February of 1980 for specific performance of the Ketubah’s requirement that defendant appear before a Jewish religious tribunal known as the “Beth…