After 16 years, 'chained' woman finally gets divorce

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307741

A 16-year struggle to obtain a get reached its end today in a precedent setting case opened in the rabbinical courts of Tel Aviv which ended in the Beit Din (court of Jewish law) in Brooklyn, NY. The case had gained considerable media and public attention over the years due to the influential nature of the get-refuser’s father and the lengths the rabbinical court was willing to go in order to achieve this result.

The story began 16 years ago, when having been married for just several years, D traveled to Israel with their two young children to visit her parents. Shortly after her arrival, D suffered a serious stroke, leaving her in the hospital and diagnosed with neurological damage that would affect her mobility and overall function. Hearing the diagnosis, her husband made the decision to abandon the family, yet refusing to grant her a divorce.

 For well over a decade, D was left to fend for herself and her children all while struggling with her own health and rehabilitation. Her requests for a get (Jewish writ of divorce) were repeatedly denied.