Precedents

CWJ has achieved the following precedents and other important decisions:

2011

Tel Aviv District Court denies husband's appeal of lower court decision  awarding wife damages of 700,00  NIS for get refusal, thus setting a precedent for the "tort of get abuse" for all family courts in Israel.
 

2010

Family Court declares void clauses in divorce agreement, authorized by the rabbinic court, in which mother waived her parental rights in exchange for the get. Click here to read decision (Hebrew ).

Family Court awards 600,000 NIS + $15,000 in damages for get-refusal and repayment of money that client paid to husband in exchange of get.

Rabbinic Court  declares CWJ clients "Jewish" after conversions had been repealed in Supreme Rabbinic Court. Rehearing of conversion repeal was initiated by recommendation of the High Court of Justice as per petition filed by CWJ. Click here to read decision (Hebrew).
 
Supreme Court sitting as High Court of Justice requires Rabbinic Courts to limit instances in which the court pays recalcitrant husbands from "agunah fund" in exchange for get; and requires Court to appoint women to committee that oversees such payments. Click here to read decision (Hebrew).
 
Supreme Court requires women to pay 1% filing fee when suing for damages for get-refusal. Click here to read decision (Hebrew ).

2009

Rabbinic Court annuls marriage of CWJ client in order to clear children of mamzer stigma (children conceived of their mother's extramarital union and ostracized under Jewish/Israeli law).

2008

Family Court declares that there is cause of action for damages against persons who aid and abet get-recalcitrance. Click here to read decision (Hebrew original or English translation).
 
Family Court rules that get-recalcitrance is liable for damages even when rabbinic court has not "ordered" the husband to divorce his wife, and awards damages in the amount of 550,000 NIS. Click here to read decision (Hebrew original or English translation).
 
Labor Court disqualifies tender issued by the Rabbinic Court Administration that gave preference to men applying for the job of legal assistants to rabbinic judges. Click here to read decision (Hebrew).
 
Family Court rules that get-recalcitrance is a  factual determination that can be decided by the family court without reference to a rabbinic court order; and awards damages in the amount of 700,000 NIS.Click here to read decision (Hebrew original or English translation).
 
Supreme Court orders Rabbinic Court to explain its decision to annul the conversions of two of CWJ's clients; as well as its decision to question all of the conversion of Rabbi Druckman since 1990. The Court orders the Attorney General to present a position paper regarding conversions. 

2006

Supreme Court orders Rabbinic Court Administration to explain its policy of paying off recalcitrant husbands for get ("the agunah fund"). 

2004

Family Court awards damages of 425,000 NIS for get-recalcitrance (refusal to give a wife a religious divorce). Click here to read decision (Hebrew original or English translation).