Jewish Divorce Solicitors

If your marriage has broken down, our Jewish divorce lawyers can help you through the religious and civil divorce processes. This is a complex area and it’s important to get specialist legal advice.

Choosing the right services for you

Our solicitors have good relationships with the Beth Din in London and Manchester. We have experience helping members of Orthodox, Reform, Liberal and Masorti synagogues. 

It’s really important that you go through the Jewish divorce process at the same time as the civil proceedings. If you don’t, it can make things much harder in the longer term (especially if you have children, or wish to remarry).

Mediation Support Service – 30-Minute Consultation

Family mediation can be a less confrontational and more cost-effective way to resolve a dispute. We offer a 30-minute consultation with one of our solicitors to discuss your situation and if mediation is right for you.

If you decide to go ahead with mediation, you can benefit from our cost effective mediation support service. This service will give you the advice, support and tools to get the best possible outcome – particularly if you’re representing yourself.

What Jewish Family Law Services Do We Offer?

We can help you with a range of issues, including:

Prenuptial agreements – alongside detail about any financial arrangements in the event you divorce, it’s also possible to add a “Get clause” into an agreement. This clause would mean that you promise to agree to a Jewish divorce, if the other person requests one.

Husbands who wish to divorce or those who are unwilling to grant the Get. We can also help if your wife will not agree to a divorce.

Wives who wish to divorce their husbands – especially in cases where your husband is withholding the Get.

Issues around children – more information about how we can help.

Financial settlements – our lawyers can help you negotiate a fair settlement. This might be as part of the 
Get negotiation or the civil divorce process.

Domestic abuse – we can help you with a range of protective measures if your partner has been abusive or violent.

Frequently Asked Questions

You should expect the religious part of your divorce to take a few months. But this will depend on how cooperative you and your spouse are.

It’s important to remember that the Jewish divorce process needs to run alongside the civil process. It’s best to apply for a Jewish divorce before the civil Decree Nisi has been pronounced. However, the Get will not be passed to the couple by the Beth Din until the civil Decree Absolute has been issued.

The process for getting divorced varies depending on the branch of Judaism you are a member of. However, the general process is as follows:

  1. The person requiring the Get needs to contact the relevant Beth Din (Jewish court of law)
  2. The husband must grant the Get and the wife must receive it. For the Get to proceed, both parties must agree to it
  3. Both parties will need to attend an interview at the Beth Din
  4. The husband must then instruct a scribe to write the Get document
  5. The husband must then hand the Get to the wife (although he can appoint a representative to do this if the couple do not wish to meet).

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