UK Parliament / Open data

Domestic Abuse Bill

Moved by

Baroness Altmann

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert—

“(f) unreasonable prevention or threat of prevention of dissolution of a religious Jewish marriage via a religious bill of divorce (a “get”);”

Member’s explanatory statement

This specifically itemises one spouse unreasonably preventing the dissolution of a Jewish religious marriage with a ‘get’ as being within the scope of the Bill by bringing it under the definition of abusive behaviour.

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Reference

809 c1428 

Session

2019-21

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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